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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Roche Says Counterfeit Cancer Drug Avastin Being Investigated by FDA

Roche Says Counterfeit Cancer Drug Avastin Being Investigated by U.S. FDA - Bloomberg:


"Roche and the Food and Drug Administration are seeking to prevent the fake cancer drug, which doesn’t include the active ingredient bevacizumab, from being distributed further, the company’s Genentech unit said in an e-mail late yesterday. The FDA notified the company about the issue in December, said Edward Lang, a spokesman for Roche’s South San Francisco, California-based unit.

“We’re working with the FDA, as well as with law enforcement authorities to aid in their investigation,” Lang said today in an interview. “We’ve analyzed some of the vials, we found no therapeutic protein there. So there’s no Avastin, there’s no generic form of Avastin.”"

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

FDA withdraws approval of drug Avastin to treat breast cancer

FDA withdraws approval of drug Avastin to treat breast cancer - latimes.com:
"Studies showed that women with advanced breast cancer taking Avastin had a higher risk of death from stroke or heart attack, and that the medication raised blood pressure and increased the risk of congestive heart failure. The risk of serious bleeding was five times higher among users of Avastin than it was for those on chemotherapy only."  'via Blog this'
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