Yes – we have got the first results that magic bullet works! (The idea of the design of magic bullet is summarized here):
The treatment, combining Roche’s Herceptin with an older chemotherapy medicine, delayed progression of tumors 3.2 months longer than GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK)’s Tykerb with chemotherapy in women with advanced disease. The data is being reported today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago.
In this particular case the magic bullet is Trastuzumab emtansine. Well, finally the magic cure aginst cancer is found! But wait a minute: is it really cure? I have two points:
- 3.2 months longer PFS is …. not very much for the magic cure.
- Tykerb as competitor... Well, is Tykerb a best known treatment?
I still think that this bullet is not very magic...
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