On its recent Q4 conference call with analysts Pfizer confirmed the likely progression of its own Herceptin biosimilar program into Phase III clinical trials later this year.
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Its lead program remains in Phase 2 studies, as it was in 2007, and the company has been through a restructuring in 2009.
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As part of a three-phase program to increase its strategic petroleum reserves, China is building four emergency oil-storage facilities across western China, in the east and in the south.
California did not make the cut in Phase 1 of the program, but could still qualify for the funds in Phase 2.
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However, the cost of the phase 3 program is on the order of a half a billion dollars.
Sometimes, the best thing to do is to bite the bullet and plunge into the phase 3 program.
Finally, any phase 3 program involving thousands of patients is always risky in terms of not just efficacy but also safety.
To answer these questions, the phase 3 program will be longer to determine if the new cancer drug has any survival advantages over Xalkori.
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"This is exactly what you would want to see to justify going to a big phase III program, " says Steven Ferris, director of the NYU Langone Alzheimer's Disease Center and a paid adviser to Elan.
This is a great concept, but the only way to prove it is to run a phase 3 program with tens of thousands of patients over a number of years and demonstrate that the drug reduces these CV events.
Since then, Libya has declared all of its nuclear and chemical weapons programs and embarked on a three-phase disarmament program in which the United States and Britain have removed the majority of WMD material, about 1, 032 metric tons, from the country.
His comments have stemmed from the press release from Sanofi and Regeneron outlining their extensive Phase 3 program for their novel lipid lowering agent , REGN27, a PCSK9 inhibitor which is the most advanced agent in this highly competitive field.
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With successful conclusion of this Phase III clinical program, LibiGel could be the first product approved by the FDA for women with low sexual desire, HSDD, a significant unmet medical need.
Meantime, Germany has said it would also phase out its nuclear program while Italy and Switzerland have expressed similar sentiments.
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Also, since the district know how important it is to provide professional learning for school leaders they are in the initial phase of designing a program for transformation at the school level.
The state's Homeowners Assistance Grant Program has already paid more than 13, 000 of the nearly 16, 000 eligible applicants, according to the Mississippi Development Authority, which has already begun Phase II of its program.
The administration is also readying a second phase of the financial bailout program launched by the Bush administration last fall.
Under the first phase of Ohio's program, borrowers will meet certain income guidelines will be able to ditch their adjustable rate mortgages or other high interest rate loans and get into a 6.75 percent fixed rate mortgage.
For example, the first phase of the EU Emissions Trading program, which contained several design flaws that have since been rectified, has already been found to have reduced emissions by around 100 million tonnes of CO2 mostly by forcing a shift of load from coal to gas power plants and providing an incentive for inefficient coal plants to improve the thermal efficiency of their boilers.
The Operations and Checkout building will soon serve as the final assembly facility for the Orion capsule during NASA's next phase of space exploration, the Constellation program.
Casualties include a scale-back of the Airborne Laser program to enable enemy missile interceptions during their early launch phase, along with the elimination of the Multiple Kill Vehicle and Kinetic Energy Interceptor which uses small warheads on a single rocket to handle decoys and offer a better chance of success.
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Usually, the phase 2 results drive momentum and enthusiasm for the program.
The completion of the so-called System Requirements Review and System Definition Review allows program managers to proceed into the rocket's preliminary design phase, NASA officials said.
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Today, AVEO (name was changed in 2005) has an interesting multi-kinase inhibitor tivozanib in Phase 3 for renal cell cancer, and their second program is an anti-HGF mAb.
At Merck, where Jansen runs the program to create an HPV vaccine, scientists are expected to begin final-phase human trials of one promising candidate.
The Commitment and Treatment Program, which was established in 2007, has been designed as a five-phase treatment regime, but the final stage, which would help inmates reintegrate into the community, has not yet been implemented by the prison.
The companies decided to end the program for developing the compound, called Dimebon, after it failed to meet two primary endpoints in a phase 3 trial studying its use with the existing treatment Aricept in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's.
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This week, the Opportunity Finance Network and Goldman Sachs announced the next phase of their partnership in the 10, 000 Small Businesses Initiative, a three-year program called the CDFI Growth Collaborative that will provide participating CDFIs with a learning program to help CDFI loan funds address the needs of small businesses in underserved communities across the country.
Bluegrass Cellular, a pioneer in the wireless industry in Kentucky, announced today the launch of the first phase of its 4G LTE network as part of the Verizon Wireless LTE in Rural America (LRA) program.
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