Puncturing The ImClone Hype Could ImClone Systems’ Erbitux be a powerful cancer fighter after all? Maybe. A new study presented June 1 at a meeting of oncologists seems to boost that contention. But there are still reasons to doubt that Erbitux will be approved soon or that it will eventually be a blockbuster.
September 5, 2002 Comments Off on China's Killer Headache: Fake Pharmaceuticals Posted in: General Biotechnology China’s Killer Headache: Fake Pharmaceuticals An estimated 192,000 people died last year in China because of fake drugs, according to the Shenzhen Evening News, a government-controlled newspaper. Some die from toxins in counterfeit medicines, and others from infection because they are swallowing bogus pills instead of antibiotics