Many of those solutions are likely to include targeted drug delivery--another trend worth watching in 2008.
Having a fancy new targeted drug to give their patients provides this hope.
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One is a new ultra-targeted drug for lung cancer that was one of the most intriguing drugs at the American Society for Clinical Oncology conference last June.
This is admittedly small stuff compared with tiny computers and targeted drug delivery, but it demonstrates how companies that master the technology will be able to produce an endless array of innovative products.
It was the second time in three years that federal authorities targeted drug smuggling at the airport, cases that stem from the September 2009 arrest of American Airlines employees accused of smuggling drugs for one of the groups, according to one of the indictments.
Prof Marais said the same effect is possible in other forms of targeted cancer drug treatment.
Stohl realized BLYS might provide a way to create a targeted new drug that reduced autoantibodies without causing this collateral damage.
However, local media reported that the band had played in bars which had in the past been targeted by drug cartels.
Its spokeswoman, Harriet McCulloch, said Mrs Sandiford "was targeted by drug traffickers who exploited her vulnerability and made threats against her children".
Some people, including cancer researcher Garth Anderson, contend the whole targeted cancer drug revolution is failing for reasons that are obvious in retrospect.
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Republicans hope Roth's temporary, targeted prescription drug plan could help them on the campaign trail, where the issue ranks well atop many voters' priority lists.
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Migrants are often targeted by drug gangs looking for new recruits.
Her case had been taken up by the British human rights charity Reprieve, which said she had been "targeted by drug traffickers who exploited her vulnerability and made threats against her children".
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After years of attempts, AstraZeneca has gotten a targeted cancer drug approved vandetanib, a treatment for a rare form of thyroid cancer after it has spread and is inoperable.
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Her case has been taken up by the British human rights charity, Reprieve, which said Sandiford was "targeted by drug traffickers who exploited her vulnerability and made threats against her children".
The FDA, a full four years after the first gene-targeted cancer drug hit the market, hasn't issued guidelines for what drugmakers should do to target new treatments at the smaller circle of patients who are most likely to benefit.
The arrests at San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport targeted two drug rings in Puerto Rico, including one that operated through the airport for more than a decade, according to two federal indictments unsealed Wednesday, hours after the raid.
Perjeta is a genetically engineered molecule that targets the HER-2 protein, the same protein targeted by the drug Herceptin.
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Bacteria are distinct invader cells that are easily targeted by a drug.
In a potentially historic victory, a drug targeted to a specific genetic defect has improved the ability of cystic fibrosis patients to exhale.
In Baltimore, Minneapolis, Cincinnati and other cities the targeted neighborhoods saw drug markets disappear almost overnight or diminish dramatically, along with the attendant violence.
Rare diseases were long relegated to the backwaters of the drug business, targeted by tiny biotech companies, if at all, and often ignored by drug giants in their search for billion-dollar franchises.
It turned out that a new drug existed that was targeted specifically at shutting down the offending protein, a drug that to that point had been used only for kidney cancer.
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Given the circumstances, the split is not surprising, since Lilly began devoting two-thirds of its sales force to promote the DPP-4 that was developed with Boehringer and was recently approved by the FDA. Keep in mind that the drug is targeted at the same patient who would use Byetta.
For Myriad, this protein is a new drug target--that is, a chemical targeted to stop the protein might make an effective drug.
Like Gleevec, the ImClone drug is at first being targeted to a population that is currently without much hope.
When Joseph is hospitalized, fortunate to have survived a point-blank shooting, Bobby realizes his old man will be targeted next and agrees to infiltrate the drug operation.
Sutent, a targeted cancer pill, could become a big drug if ongoing studies in breast cancer prove effective.
In midstage trials Genentech reported promising results against solid kidney tumors using a combination of its colon cancer drug, Avastin, and another targeted agent, Tarceva.
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