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  • noun A particular anticancer drug.

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  • Women given the experimental pill, called olaparib, stayed healthy for 8.4 months before their cancers began growing again, while those given placebos went 4.8 months.

    Tests for ovarian cancer can backfire 2011

  • Women given the experimental pill, called olaparib, stayed healthy for 8.4 months before their cancers began growing again, while those given placebos went 4.8 months.

    Tests for ovarian cancer can backfire 2011

  • The other drug, known as olaparib, is under development at AstraZeneca PLC.

    New Class of Drugs in Early Trials 2009

  • Late last year, AstraZeneca said it was abandoning plans to develop a new ovarian cancer drug called olaparib, and that a planned antidepressant known as TC-5214, being developing with U.S.-based Targacept Inc., did not perform well in the first of four late-stage studies.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com AP 2012

  • Late last year, AstraZeneca said it was abandoning plans to develop a new ovarian cancer drug called olaparib, and that a planned antidepressant known as TC-5214, being developing with U.S.-based Targacept Inc., did not perform well in the first of four late-stage studies.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com AP 2012

  • Late last year, AstraZeneca said it was abandoning plans to develop a new ovarian cancer drug called olaparib, and that a planned antidepressant known as TC-5214, being developing with U.S.-based Targacept Inc., did not perform well in the first of four late-stage studies.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • The UK's second-biggest medicine maker said an ovarian cancer drug called olaparib will not progress for further development after tests revealed it was unlikely to prove effective.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • The new agent, called olaparib, inhibits a protein called poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP).

    innovations-report 2010

  • Washington, July 6: A new drug called olaparib may help thousands of women suffering from genetic breast cancer, if results of the first tests on patients are to be believed.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2010

  • The new agent, called olaparib, inhibits a protein called poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP).

    Medindia Health News 2010

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