But Genentech is certain to dominate May's annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology.
Oncology and immunology are growth areas for the company and for the pharmaceutical industry in general.
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And I've taught the Oncology Nursing Society's chemotherapy class to thousands of nurses around the country.
They include registered nurses (RN), staff RNs, operating room RNs, oncology RNs, and others.
The other major overlap between the two companies is in the field of oncology.
"We know them from the cradle, " says Brent Vose, the head of oncology at AstraZeneca.
Oncology was briefly dominated by small biotechs, but it's now a battleground for giants.
The cancer therapy may be just what Bristol needs to boost its oncology practice.
But Opko is also determined to go into oncology, infectious diseases, and neurological disorders.
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The Imperial College London study in the Lancet Oncology compared patches and injections in 254 patients.
People need to know what goes on behind the walls on the oncology floor.
Results were presented by Jim Cassidy, a professor at Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
This firm's cardiovascular and oncology drugs are aimed squarely at the West's aging demographic.
Medicare so far has been very, very good to the specialty of radiation oncology.
"Most oncology drugs work well with only 10% to 20% of patients, " says Young.
The research was presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Friedman is a renowned expert in neurosurgery and neuro-oncology, the study of brain cancer.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting kicks off in the first week in June.
The research appears in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
She presented the results Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
The research was led by Professor Richard Begent, head of oncology at the Royal Free Hospital.
There is a void in understanding how these combinations are being used in different oncology practices.
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"We know them from the cradle, " says Vose , head of oncology at AstraZeneca.
They are common in oncology, where specialists often respond to new data before regulators can review it.
Scangos knew the oncology business from running Exelixis, and he thought Biogen had too few good ideas.
Did you notice the rest of the expert oncology world disagrees with the FDA on this one?
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"This is going to be one of the biggest drugs in the history of oncology, " predicts Waksal.
In June, Genzyme will consolidate all three divisions by eliminating the tracking stocks for Molecular Oncology and Biosurgery.
Zeneca established its oncology business with the launch in 1973 of Nolvadex, the first treatment targeting breast cancer.
That is why melanoma doctors at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Fla.
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