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Setback for Novartis drug in advanced lung cancer trial

Setback for Novartis drug in advanced lung cancer trial

By Jane Byrne

Novartis reported today that a clinical trial of the drug, known as canakinumab, when combined with chemotherapy agent, docetaxel, failed to extend the lives of patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer compared to just chemotherapy...