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Abraxis Bioscience Launches ABRAXANE® in China for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Published in Physician Law Weekly, July 1st, 2009

Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated, global biotechnology company, has now made ABRAXANE for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) (nab-paclitaxel) available in China for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. In a global Phase III clinical trial, and in a Phase II clinical trial in China, the tumor response rate for patients who received ABRAXANE for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer was nearly double the response rate compared to patients who received solvent-based paclitaxel.i In China, women with breast cancer are often diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease.ii Breast...

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