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Inventories

Medicine

Abraxane™

American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (USA)

  • Anti-cancer drug used to treat advanced breast cancer
  • “Albumin-bound form of paclitaxel with a mean particle size of approximately 130 nanometers”
  • Approved by the FDA in January 2005

Data Source: http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2005/021660lbl.pdf