FDA yanks approval of Avastin for treating breast cancer

To the despair of some critically ill patients, a federal agency on Friday revoked its approval of Avastin for treating breast cancer after determining the widely used drug developed by South San Francisco-based Genentech fails to help patients live longer and causes life-threatening side effects ...

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