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Vectibix

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Vectibix,
a trademark for panitumumab.


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Vectibix and Erbitux are prescribed to treat colorectal cancer that has mestastasized.
The drugs--including Tarceva (erlotinib), Erbitux (cetuximab) and Vectibix (paniturnumab)--work by interfering with cell-signaling abnormalities that contribute to cancer development and growth.
The recent announcement of Thousand Oaks, California-based Amgen's expenditure-limit policy for the colon cancer drug Vectibix (panitumumab) to aid patients who require the medication is an indication that PAPs are not only still needed, but may even be coming to the forefront of pharmaceutical companies' marketing efforts.
 
 
 
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