But Taxol, known chemically as paclitaxel, is no wonder drug.

FORBES: Taxol's Next Stand

The drug is Taxol, Bristol's brand name for paclitaxel, a trace compound found in the bark of the Pacific yew tree in the northwestern U.S. During the 1970s researchers for the U.S. government's National Cancer Institute discovered that paclitaxel stops the growth of some cancerous tumors.

FORBES: Delaying tactics

On the supergeneric front, Ivax is currently developing the oral form of paclitaxel, the generic form of one of the largest selling cancer drugs, Taxol, which is administered intravenously.

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