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FDA to consider Evista breast cancer drug approval?
Posted Jul 23rd 2007 12:52PM by Brian White
Filed under: Breast Cancer, Drug
Eli Lilly's Evista breast cancer drug has seen sharp criticism from womens' groups and more -- and has seen opposition from the FDA as well. The drug, nevertheless, may be approved by an FDA panel soon. What would most likely follow would be official FDA approval, which means the drug would then be free to be marketed and prescribed.
Although Evista was designed for osteoporosis prevention
eight years ago, Eli Lilly now wants it used for breast cancer prevention in postmenopausal women. Is this a case of a drug being re-packaged to treat some other condition as a way to make it more "sale-able?"
Who knows. But when drugs meant for one condition are turned into drugs to treat something else, one has to question the motives. Will you?
Tags: breast cancer, BreastCancer, eli lilly, EliLilly, evista
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