Supply and demand — Dendreon accelerates development of manufacturing capacity for Provenge

The signals from Dendreon in September last year were that it would take the company until at least the end of 2011 to be able to “ramp up” to full manufacturing capacity for its prostate cancer immunotherapeutic agent, sipuleucel-T (Provenge), even if the FDA does approve this product in May or June of 2010 — [...]

The IMPACT trial results: Tuesday April 27, 2009

OK … so here are the results we have all been waiting for for the past few weeks — the data from the IMPACT trial comparing the survival of patients treated with three doses of sipuleucel-T (Provenge) to placebo in men with androgen-independent prostate cancer.

Provenge data results … for those who can’t get to the AUA meeting

Dendreon has previously announced that the results of the IMPACT trial will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association at approximately 2:20 pm on Tuesday, April 28. The company has now announced that, in addition, it will hold a webcast conference call at 4:30 pm CT (5:30 pm ET, 2:30 pm [...]

FT says that another Provenge trial may still be needed

OK folks … please don’t shoot the messenger … I do not agree with the suggestions about the need for another trial in an article published today by the Financial Times. However, I would be a pretty poor reporter if I didn’t let you know this article is out there in a major international newspaper! [...]

The full Provenge saga

For those who have come to the world of prostate cancer in the past 2 years or so, we recommend that, before you attempt to understand whatever happens on the day that Dendreon announces the results of the Phase III (IMPACT) trial of sipleucel-T, a.k.a. Provenge (expected some time this month), you read the well-constructed [...]

What’s new with Provenge?

The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has seen a couple of statements from members of the financial community in the last few days that could mislead the unwary into believing that Dendreon’s investigational immunotherapeutic agent, sipuleucel-T (Provenge), has already demonstrated a statistically significant survival benefit in its most recent Phase III clinical trial (the IMPACT trial)

The PM prostate cancer news: Wednesday, July 23

In additional news breaking today: Dendreon Corp. is predicting interim results of the IMPACT study of Provenge in metastatic, androgen-independent prostate cancer by October 2008 The FDA has refused to approve an experimental, topical treatment for erectile dysfunction

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