Abstract:For many years the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has been the premier meeting in clinical oncology, and one that is closely scrutinised by Wall Street and international investors because of the economic significance of cancer therapies to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The area of biologicals and targeted therapies exploded in the late 1990s after the blockbuster results with the monoclonal antibody rituximab in the treatment of lymphoma. Although historic… Show more
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