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Genentech Wins FDA Approval for Colon Cancer Drug
New York / Washington
February 26, 2004


Genentech Inc. on Thursday won U.S. approval to sell its eagerly anticipated colon cancer drug, a new kind of cancer treatment that works by starving the tumor of blood.

Avastin was approved for use in combination with chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for colon cancer in patients whose disease has spread to other parts of the body.

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