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- noun An
aminopyridine drug used to treat certain kinds oflung carcinoma .
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The agency, which has faced criticism for moving slowly and cautiously while reviewing new medicines, is also soon expected to rapidly approve another treatment paired with a genetic test, a lung-cancer therapy from Pfizer Inc. called crizotinib.
Guided By Genes, Shrinking Cancer Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011
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Pfizer Inc. rushed into late-stage testing one such drug: crizotinib, which is aimed at only 4 percent of lung cancer patients.
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An oral drug called crizotinib, from Pfizer, shrinks or stabilizes the tumor in 90 percent of patients, the company reported in June.
Curing Cancer 2010
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Pfizer also reported impressive clinical trial results for a cancer therapy called crizotinib and the tasocitinib pill for treating rheumatoid arthritis, both of which have the potential to be blockbusters.
Citing Fatigue, Pfizer CEO Quits Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010
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As biotech executive Guatum Kollu noted on Twitter , the real cost of the drug is $9,600 plus 25 ALK tests, because that's how many patients will need to be screened for one to actually get Xalkori which up until now was known by the generic name crizotinib.
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He found a clinical trial in Denver, where he grew up, that offered a pill called crizotinib for these patients.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By BILL CHRISTIANSON / REDMOND REPORTER 2011
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The drug, known by the chemical name crizotinib, treats patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who express an abnormal anaplastic lymphoma kinase ALK gene, which is more common in nonsmokers.
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In October of 2009, he was approved by a clinical trial in Denver to use a drug called crizotinib, a white pill which is part of a new arsenal of "targeted" cancer therapies.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By BILL CHRISTIANSON / REDMOND REPORTER 2011
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Pfizer announced that the Food and Drug Administration has approved Xalkori, generically known as crizotinib, a new medicine that can have a dramatic impact in a small minority of lung cancer patients.
unknown title 2011
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As biotech executive Guatum Kollu noted on Twitter , the real cost of the drug is $9,600 plus 25 ALK tests, because that's how many patients will need to be screened for one to actually get Xalkori which up until now was known by the generic name crizotinib.
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