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  • noun A drug being investigated as a treatment for cancer.

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  • The study of 1,090 patients compared some taking motesanib with others taking a placebo.

    Amgen Cancer Drug Fails in Late-Stage Study Matt Jarzemsky 2011

  • The companies have been developing the drug, motesanib, to be taken with the existing treatments paclitaxel and carboplatin to fight advanced nonsquamous, non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Amgen Cancer Drug Fails in Late-Stage Study Matt Jarzemsky 2011

  • Another drug in Amgen's pipeline, motesanib, suffered a setback in November, when a trial was suspended because of higher death rates in late-stage nonsmall-cell lung-cancer patients.

    Amgen's Net Profit Increases 15% 2009

  • Another drug in Amgen's pipeline, motesanib, suffered a setback in November, when a trial was suspended due to higher death rates in late-stage non-small-cell lung cancer patients.

    Amgen's Net Rises 15% 2009

  • SGN-35, a Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment, and motesanib, for lung cancer, are in final clinical testing in the U.S. The company is also testing a prostate-cancer treatment, TAK-700.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Amgen and Takeda expect to release results this year from a trial testing motesanib in combination with chemotherapy for patients with nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer, Harper said.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Amgen and Takeda expect to release results this year from a trial testing motesanib in combination with chemotherapy for patients with nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer, Harper said.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • We expect to have the opportunity to discuss in much more detail the recent results obtained using denosumab to delay skeletal-related events in patients with bony metastasis, and we will also provide information on our therapeutics pipeline, including motesanib, AMG

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • We expect to have the opportunity to discuss in much more detail the recent results obtained using denosumab to delay skeletal-related events in patients with bony metastasis, and we will also provide information on our therapeutics pipeline, including motesanib, AMG

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • The late-stage pipeline contains two compounds - motesanib diphosphate, for non-small cell lung cancer; and denosumab, the bone loss medicine.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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