Medical News Summary: Drug company obtains orphan status for its new cancer drug

About: Drug company obtains orphan status for its new cancer drug
Date: 27 January 2005
Source: Forbes
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Forbes): Sonus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has had its cancer drug, Tocosol Paclitaxel, approved as an orphan drug for the treatment of non-superficial urothelial cancer such as bladder cancer. The company is also aiming to have the drug approved for treatment of breast, ovarian and lung cancer. Current trials involve bladder cancer.
URL: http://www.forbes.com/smallbusiness/feeds/ap/2005/01/27/ap1787099.html
Related Disease Topics: Cancer, Urothelial cancer, Bladder cancer, Ovarian cancer, Lung cancer, Breast cancer

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