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DALLAS, Texas, November 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Leukemia Therapeutics Market (Acute/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia & Acute/Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) Pipeline Assessment & Global Market Forecast (2010 - 2020)" analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities in North America, & Europe. Browse market data tables and in-depth TOC on Leukemia Therapeutics Market (Acute/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia & Acute/Chronic...
WHITE PLAINS, NY, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is committed to bringing the most current information about blood cancers to all patients and is pleased to announce a unique educational opportunity for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and their families. On Tuesday, June 21 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM Eastern Time, Dr. Susan O'Brien, an international leukemia expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is committed to bringing the most current information about blood cancers to all patients and is pleased to announce a unique educational opportunity for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and their families. On Tuesday, June 21 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM Eastern Time, Dr. Susan O'Brien, an international leukemia expert from The University of Texas MD Anderson...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYC) today announced that a clinical abstract on our Btk inhibitor, PCI-32765, has been selected for an oral presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), June 3-7, 2011 in Chicago, IL. Additionally, two clinical abstracts on PCI-32765 have been selected for oral presentations at the 11th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (ICML) in Lugano, Switzerland,...
Cyndia Charfi, a Ph. D student in biology at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), supported by her thesis supervisors, Professor Éric Rassart, and Adjunct Professor Elsy Edouard, UQAM, Department of Biological Sciences and BIOMED Research Centre, made a major breakthrough in research on B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, a disease that occurs most commonly in children. She has successfully identified a gene that may facilitate the diagnosis of this cancer, which is...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells survive and thrive not just by their own innate wiles, but by also acquiring aid and support from host cells in their surrounding environment. In a paper published online this week in The Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers led by cancer specialists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center identify a particular relationship that can promote notably...
BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that growth in the leukemia market will be driven mostly by chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) therapies (Novartis's Gleevec and Tasigna and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Sprycel) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) therapies (Biogen Idec/Roche's Rituxan and Cephalon's Treanda) until 2015, when patent and orphan-drug exclusivities...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Film and stage legend Mel Brooks will lend his comic genius and storied career to a good cause for a one night only event to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Brooks will be joined by BBC Creative Director Alan Yentob, a longtime friend of the comedian, who will moderate the discussion. The two men have been close friends ever since Yentob made a documentary for the old BBC Arena programme "I thought I was taller - a short history of...
BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, 41 percent of surveyed European hematologist-oncologists say that the favorable efficacy profile of Roche's MabThera (rituximab) is the most significant driver of their use of this brand, while 26 percent say MabThera's favorable risk-benefit...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) today announced it has awarded two new grants through its prestigious Marshall A. Lichtman Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) research initiative, bringing the program's total funding to $210.5 million since its inception in 2000. Both recipients have long-time connections to LLS. They are John C. Byrd, M.D., Associate Director for Translational Research, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer...
