Shares in ImClone Systems Inc. took a 6.4 percent dip on word that Erbitux (cetuximab) missed the primary endpoint in a Phase III pancreatic cancer study, a backslide that follows a month of significant gains. (BioWorld Today)

If therapeutic cancer vaccine developers were in need of a shot in the arm, they got it last week. Several firms working in the space saw their stock values make measurable gains on Friday, riding the coattails of Dendreon Corp., which Thursday received a positive endorsement from an FDA advisory committee reviewing Provenge (sipuleucel T). (BioWorld Today)