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Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Avastin (bevacizumab) plus interferon-alfa for people with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, kidney cancer is the eighth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States. In 2009, approximately 13,000 Americans will die from the disease.
"During the last five years, Avastin has been approved by the FDA to treat five different types of cancer," said Hal Barron, M.D., executive vice president, Global Development and chief medical officer, Genentech. "We aim to help more people facing difficult-to-treat...
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