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UK's NICE rejects Roche's Avastin in breast cancer (Reuters, 8 July 2010)

08 Jul 2010


The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has released draft guidelines to recommend against NHS provision of Roche's Avastin (generic name bevacizumab) for advanced breast cancer, stating that clinical trials of the drug produced "uncertain evidence".

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Update: US panel rejects Roche's Avastin for breast cancer (Reuters, 20 July 2010).