Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Scottish Medicines Consortium Accepts ABRAXANE® for Use within National Health Service for Scotland

Home > Press > Scottish Medicines Consortium Accepts ABRAXANE® for Use within National Health Service for Scotland

Abstract:
Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, welcomes the announcement today that following a full submission, the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel albumin) for restricted use within the National Health Service (NHS) for Scotland in patients who would otherwise receive docetaxel or 3-weekly solvent-based paclitaxel as second-line treatment for metastatic breast cancer.

Scottish Medicines Consortium Accepts ABRAXANE® for Use within National Health Service for Scotland

Los Angeles, CA | Posted on April 13th, 2010

"ABRAXANE's acceptance by the SMC is a significant milestone in our goal to provide patients in the United Kingdom and across Europe with an innovative treatment option," said Jean-François Gimonet, M.D., Vice President, European Operations of Abraxis BioScience.

For further information on the SMC's decision, please visit www.scottishmedicines.org.uk

####

About Abraxis BioScience
Abraxis BioScience is a fully integrated global biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery, development and delivery of next-generation therapeutics and core technologies that offer patients safer and more effective treatments for cancer and other critical illnesses. The company’s product pipeline is based on a proprietary tumor targeting technology known as the nab® (nanoparticle albumin bound) platform. The company continues to expand the nab® platform through a robust clinical program and deep product pipeline. Abraxis trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol ABII.

For more information, please click here

Contacts:
Investors and Media Inquiries
Abraxis BioScience, Inc.
Maili Bergman
+1 310-883-1300

Media Inquiries
Zeno Group
Victoria Fort
+1 202-361-0445

If you have a comment, please Contact us.

Issuers of news releases, not 7th Wave, Inc. or Nanotechnology Now, are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.

Bookmark: