Merck's New Cancer Pill
Matthew HerperForbes.com
07.12.07, 12:00 PM ET
The drug hits a cell receptor that was discovered because it is the target of Rapamune, a Wyeth immune suppressant discovered on Easter Island decades ago. ...
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Big dispute over tiny root
Peruvian Indians to fight U.S. patent of libido concoction
By Rick Vecchio
Associated Press
Daily Herald
Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007
The key ingredient in the breast cancer drug Taxol owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth’s kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil.
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Rapamune OK'd for high-risk transplants
United Press International
2/2/2007 5:33:00 PM -0500
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday expanded the labeling of Wyeth's anti-rejection drug Rapamune for high-risk kidney transplants.
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Bioprospecting: Who has rights to nature's cures?Seattle Times, WA - Jan 12, 2007
... Taxol owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney-transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Patent piracyOnline Athens (subscription), GA - Jan 14, 07
Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. But bioprospecting is mostly unregulated and there are mounting calls to establish ...
Prospecting in the biosphereHouston Chronicle, TX - Jan 14, 07
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Indigenous people, commerce clash over bioprospecting
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription), NC - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney-transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Sex-drive elixir at root of dispute
Rutland Herald, VT - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
An 'emblematic case' of biopiracy
Baltimore Sun, MD - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
The root of a global dispute
Ventura County Star (subscription), CA - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... Taxol owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
A clash of ancient culture, modern commercialism
The News Journal, DE - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Peruvian Root in Bioprospecting Dispute
Wyoming News, WY - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Libido-enhancing root central in global dispute over bioprospecting
Napa Valley Register, CA - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Root raises specter of biopiracy
San Mateo County Times, CA - Sunday, January 7, 2007
... owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Peru files lawsuit over `bio-piracy'
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - Monday, January 8, 2007
... Taxol owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil. ...
Libido-enhancing root fuels global dispute
guelphmercury.com
Jan 5, 2007
The key ingredient in the breast cancer drug Taxol owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil.
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Peruvian root in bioprospecting dispute
RICK VECCHIO
Associated Press
Mercury News
Posted on Fri, Jan. 05, 2007
The key ingredient in the breast cancer drug Taxol owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is taken from the bark of the yew tree, and Wyeth's kidney transplant drug Rapamune comes from Easter Island soil.
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