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Janssen Oncology Strategy: Take A Holistic Approach To R&D

 
• By Emily Hayes

With Darzalex in the spotlight at the ASCO annual meeting, J&J highlights its comprehensive focus on trio of disease areas – hematology, prostate cancer and lung cancer.

Johnson & Johnsonchalks up its recent oncology successes to increased R&D investment and a comprehensive, focused oncology strategy in particular disease areas – with hematological malignancies as a top target.

The company had a history in oncology with products like Doxil (doxorubicin) and Procrit (epoetin alfa) and the proteasome inhibitor Velcade (bortezomib), a mainstay of multiple myeloma treatment partnered with...

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