He has made schools a centerpiece of his campaign and is courting the UFT's endorsement.
But UFT President Michael Mulgrew supports the "current level of access, " union spokesman Peter Kadushin said.
As in the UFT trials, Xeloda was shown to be similar to chemotherapy that must be injected.
" UFT President Michael Mulgrew in Albany said the appeals process provides a "much greater degree of fairness.
The city wanted to incorporate merit pay into its evaluation plan submitted to the state, but the UFT wouldn't agree.
There's only one problem: new data presented here yesterday shows UFT works, and some doctors say it probably should have been approved.
Most American oncologists don't think they'll ever get their hands on UFT.
Bristol-Myers (nasdaq: BMY - news - people ) had been hoping UFT would help fill a hole in its cancer pipeline.
Things might have turned out differently for Bristol had UFT, which is approved in Europe and Japan, also been approved in the United States.
And he warned New York City and the UFT that they'd forfeit state aid next year if they failed to wrap up their labor talks.
The trial involved 1, 608 patients followed for five years, and compared UFT to a standard chemotherapy regimen that must be infused slowly into patients' veins.
Mayoral spokeswoman Lauren Passalacqua declined to comment when asked whether the state's action would be enough for the city and the UFT to reach an agreement.
So when Evil Moskowitz, as she was dubbed, ran for Manhattan borough president in 2005, the UFT campaigned hard for her opponent, Scott Stringer, who won.
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It has not had a new drug approved since October 2000, and its last colon cancer compound, UFT, spent years in the FDA waiting line before being rejected.
In a sign of the continuing bitterness, UFT President Michael Mulgrew indirectly accused the city of harassing the union by sending inspectors to its headquarters Friday morning.
The governor never took a public side in the city's dispute, despite requests from the mayor that he wield his executive powers and impose terms on the UFT through legislation.
Cassidy said in an interview that in the United Kingdom, where UFT is approved, it is barely used, and Cutsem said in his presentation that it was probably the preferable agent.
Now, a Bristol executive will lead the push to get Erbitux through the FDA. But Bristol-Myers, which hasn't had a new drug approved since October 2000, failed to get its last colon cancer drug, UFT, past regulators.
"We've said all along that students should not be penalized for the UFT's failure to negotiate, and our goal has been and continues to be a fair and effective evaluation system, " Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson said Thursday.
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