Abraxis spins-off independent early-stage drug development company

26 January 2009

USA-based Abraxis BioScience is to spin-off an independent company, called Abraxis Health, focused on early-stage drug development. The  parent firm will focus on the continued marketing of its lead drug  Abraxane (paclitaxel) and plans to expand the drug's indication into the  treatment of lung, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, among others, with  several late-stage trials. Shares in the firm fell 1% to $69.50 on the  day of the news, January 20.

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