Tarceva as salvage treatment in NSCLC following geftinib failure

Data publsihed in the Annals of Oncology show that Tarceva (erlotinib)  salvage therapy can be an option in some NSCLC patient subsets after Iressa (geftinib) failure.

Exelixis initiate Phase III trial of MET/RET/VEGFR2 inhibitor XL184 in Thyroid cancer

Exelixis have initiated a phase III trial of MET/RET/VEGFR2 inhibitor XL184 for the treatment of medullary thyroid cancer.

Roche makes offer to buy out Genentech

Roche have made an offer to buyout remaining shares of Genentech for $89.00 per share, or a total value of $43.7 billion