TUESDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) — A new bone-building drug has worked well in a trial of men whose bones were weakened by the hormone therapy they were taking for prostate cancer, researchers report.
The drug, denosumab (Prolia), is a monoclonal antibody that Amgen Inc. hopes to market for fracture prevention, not only in men with prostate cancer but also for postmenopausal women who are taking hormone therapy for breast cancer. An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to meet this week to consider the Amgen application. Read More
The drug, denosumab (Prolia), is a monoclonal antibody that Amgen Inc. hopes to market for fracture prevention, not only in men with prostate cancer but also for postmenopausal women who are taking hormone therapy for breast cancer. An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to meet this week to consider the Amgen application. Read More
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