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The Provenge Precedent

 
• By Ramsey Baghdadi

Dendreon's therapeutic cancer vaccine Provenge is the first of its kind to make it to an FDA advisory committee. The committee gave the novel agent a thumbs up. But FDA may disagree and turn away the prostate cancer vaccine until there is more conclusive data of its safety and effectiveness. How much does Dendreon stand to lose?

By Ramsey Baghdadi

In an industry where all drug approvals and rejections are put under the microscope, Dendreon Corp. ’s therapeutic cancer vaccine Provenge is under particularly close scrutiny. Provenge is the first...

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