After multiple failures on its own and in combination with other drugs, expanding into breast cancer doesn't seem likely. There may be some hope for Sutent as a lung cancer treatment because the drug was able to extend the time it took for the tumors to resume growing. If the drugmaker can find a subset of patients with a certain genetic makeup that makes their tumors more responsive to Sutent, Pfizer could get approval for treating just that subset of patients.
Pfizer will need to run another clinical trial, but the financial benefits could be worth the added cost. Any added revenue would make this wonder drug a little more wonderful.
via fool.com
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