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UPDATED: Novartis has a win some, lose some day with Gleevec
Novartis and its cancer drug Gleevec had one of those days that starts off not looking so good and then something comes along to turn things around.
Novartis wants Tasigna to cannibalize Gleevec to save its sales
Why would Novartis want to persuade patients to quit taking Gleevec? Because it is going off patent in 2015, already has more competition and because the company wants patients to start using its replacement therapy, Tasigna, to keep them within its drug-selling fold.
Novartis girds to protect Gleevec-led franchise as new cancer rivals advance
As Ariad, Pfizer and others make strides with their rival antileukemia compounds, Novartis aims to show how its newer therapy Tasigna helps more patients beat their cancer and stop taking the drug than Gleevec does.
Gilenya, Afinitor among bright spots in flat Novartis quarter
When it comes to news releases, CEOs can't control the conversation. No doubt Novartis ($NVS) Chief Joe Jimenez would like to tell reporters, "Diovan may be dying but our new drugs don't need therapy--Discuss."
Pfizer nabs another targeted cancer drug OK from FDA
The FDA gave its blessing to Bosulif, a treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive disease. It's a second-line approval, for patients who've failed on--or can't tolerate--another drug. Analysts figure the approval is worth $341 million in annual sales by 2016, Reuters reports.
Ariad's ponatinib scores well in key leukemia study
Ariad Pharmaceuticals' key cancer drug ponatinib didn't disappoint at the ASCO meeting, with new data from the company's pivotal "PACE" trial trumping those revealed late last year.
Jimenez counts on 7 drugs to take Novartis past Diovan
Maybe it's the rarefied Davos air or the long-range mountain views, but Novartis ( $NVS ) CEO Joe Jimenez is feeling optimistic about the post- Diovan future. After the Swiss drugmaker loses patent...
It's final: Tasigna in, Sprycel out in NICE guidelines
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has struck again. Despite two appeals of its draft recommendations, the agency let in only one new drug for chronic myeloid leukemia.
NICE says nay to Sprycel, yea to discounted Tasigna
The U.K.'s cost-effectiveness watchdog rejected Bristol-Myers Squibb's ( $BMY ) Sprycel for chronic myeloid leukemia, but accepted Novartis' ( $NVS ) Glivec and its follow-up drug Tasigna after the Swiss
Novartis discount sways NICE toward Tasigna
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has taken Novartis ( $NVS ) up on its offer of a discount on Tasigna. The cost-effectiveness watchdog gave Tasigna a preliminary thumbs-up as a
