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Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld	Healing Investments New lung cancer drugs mean good news in both the doctor's office and on Wall Street.
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004	Minority Report With Iressa, the AstraZeneca drug approved by the FDA last year, there is a small group, maybe 10 to 20 percent of lung cancer patients, who get an almost miraculous response. Mutations may explain patient responses to the drug.
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