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New Bristol-Meyers Squibb's New Anti-Cancer Treatment: Ixempra, FDA-Approved

Filed in archive Cancer , FDA Approvals , Treatment on October 22, 2007

A new anti-cancer treatment distributed by Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company (Princeton, New Jersey) -Ixempra (ixabepilone) - has recently been approved by the US FDA for use use in patients with metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer who have not responded to certain other cancer drugs.

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The approval of Ixempra includes the following:

  • for use in combination with another cancer drug (capecitabine) in patients who no longer benefit from two other chemotherapy treatments: including an anthracycline (such as doxorubicin or epirubicin) and a taxane (such as paclitaxel or docetaxel)

  • for use alone in patients who no longer benefit from an anthracycline, a taxane and capecitabine



Administered by intravenous infusion, Ixempra has been shown to bind to cancer cell microtubules but with some side effects: peripheral neuropathy (numbness, tingling or burning in the hands or feet), bone marrow suppression, constipation, nausea, vomiting, muscle paint, joint pain, fatigue and general weakness.

Well, which anti-cancer treatment does not have side effects?

Anyways, find more details about the FDA approval of Ixempra from the FDA News and BMS' press release.



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