Posts Tagged: "chemotherapy"

It is with an indescribably profound sadness that I write this article. In the early morning hours of May 17, 2012, my mother — Mary Catherine Quinn — passed, succumbing to her fight against cancer. My mother was my closest friend and I will miss her more than any words could possibly describe.

Contrary to the FDA, the European Medicines Agency confirmed that the benefits of Avastin® in combination with paclitaxel outweigh the risks, further determining that the combination of Avastin® and paclitaxel remains a valuable treatment option for patients suffering from metastatic breast cancer. If the FDA is successful in removing the breast cancer indication from Avastin® Genentech (a member of the Roche Group and the maker of Avastin®) could lose $1 billion of its $6 billion in annual sales of Avastin® due to the lost sales associated with use to treat breast cancer.