Celgene’s Abraxane Scores A Win Against Tough Pancreatic Cancer

Abraxane more than doubled two-year survival and conferred a near-two-month overall survival advantage against pancreatic cancer compared with standard of care gemcitabine alone in the Phase III MPACT trial, presented Jan. 25 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. Celgene plans global regulatory filings by mid-2013.