[OneMedForum] Clarient Grows Along with Cancer Testing Market
The Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based company achieved several major milestones in 2009.
prostate cancer
ProtoxPresents Data, Awaits Key Results for PRX302
Protox Therapeutics applies genetic engineering techniques to create innovative, targeted protein-based therapeutics which are focused on prostate conditions and cancer.
Dendreon to Build $70 Million Plant Near Atlanta
The 160,000 square-foot facility could bring at least 300 jobs to Georgia.
Positive Peer Review for Aureon’s Prostate Px+
The peer reviewed results published today in the Journal of Urology found that Aureon Laboratories’ Prostate Px+ test is twice as effective as other tools currently available at identifying which patients classified as intermediate-risk have high-risk, life-threatening cancer.
Aureon Featured In TV Segment
Aureon Laboratories, a developer of predictive tests for cancer care, has been featured in a cable television segment produced by the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce.
HealthTronics to Buy Endocare
HealthTronics announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Endocare.
TargetScan Touch Proven Effective in Duke Study
A study published in Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment shows that Envisioneering Medical’s TargetScan Touch system is more effective in detecting prostate cancer than traditional biopsy methods.
Studies Back Gen-Probe’s Prostate Cancer Test
Eight studies presented this week at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting suggest that Gen-Probe’s investigational test for the prostate cancer gene PCA3 may address some of the major challenges faced by urologists when diagnosing the disease.
Provenge Extends Life of Prostate Cancer Patients, Study Finds
Researchers found that Dendreon’s immunotherapy drug Provenge prolonged the lives of advanced prostate cancer patients by an average of 4.1 months compared to a placebo.
Pantec Reports Success In Transdermal Patch Trials
Some patients fear injections so much that they avoid getting proper medical treatment, sometimes with life-threatening results. Transdermal patches, which administer drugs through the skin, could make the bite of the needle a mere unpleasant memory.