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- noun A particular
anticancer drug .
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Women given the experimental pill, called olaparib, stayed healthy for 8.4 months before their cancers began growing again, while those given placebos went 4.8 months.
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Women given the experimental pill, called olaparib, stayed healthy for 8.4 months before their cancers began growing again, while those given placebos went 4.8 months.
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The other drug, known as olaparib, is under development at AstraZeneca PLC.
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Late last year, AstraZeneca said it was abandoning plans to develop a new ovarian cancer drug called olaparib, and that a planned antidepressant known as TC-5214, being developing with U.S.-based Targacept Inc., did not perform well in the first of four late-stage studies.
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Late last year, AstraZeneca said it was abandoning plans to develop a new ovarian cancer drug called olaparib, and that a planned antidepressant known as TC-5214, being developing with U.S.-based Targacept Inc., did not perform well in the first of four late-stage studies.
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Late last year, AstraZeneca said it was abandoning plans to develop a new ovarian cancer drug called olaparib, and that a planned antidepressant known as TC-5214, being developing with U.S.-based Targacept Inc., did not perform well in the first of four late-stage studies.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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The UK's second-biggest medicine maker said an ovarian cancer drug called olaparib will not progress for further development after tests revealed it was unlikely to prove effective.
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The new agent, called olaparib, inhibits a protein called poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP).
innovations-report 2010
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Washington, July 6: A new drug called olaparib may help thousands of women suffering from genetic breast cancer, if results of the first tests on patients are to be believed.
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The new agent, called olaparib, inhibits a protein called poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP).
Medindia Health News 2010
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