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Vol. 5 Num 1075 Sun. June 10, 2007  
   
Star Health


Pharma News
Breakthrough clinical trial on anti-cancer drugs
The 43rd annual meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) held recently in Chicago, Illinois.

Some breakthrough results of important clinical trials by Sanofi-Aventis Ltd. Were presented in the conference showing significant survival benefit for cancer patients, says a press release.

The study involved the drugs named Eloxatin (Oxaliplatin), Taxotere (Docetaxel), Aflibercept (VEGF-Trap), S-1 (Oral Fluoropyrimidine) and Trovax (therapeutic cancer vaccine) which showed significant advances in the field of cancer treatment.