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Is Survival the Only Thing that Matters?

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Oncology: What is changing?<br />

• Combinational chemistry<br />

– More targets to screen<br />

– Typically generate >150,000 per year<br />

– Screened to find 50-100 most active<br />

• Molecular diagnosis<br />

• Targeted <strong>the</strong>rapies<br />

– Faster development<br />

– Bevacizumab<br />

• Less than 5 years<br />

–Imitinib<br />

• Less than 3 (2 months at <strong>the</strong> FDA)

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