Disease
Areas of Focus
 Cancer
Cancer
is the second most common cause of death in the United States – in
2006 about 565,000 Americans are expected to die from cancer.
Moreover, about 1.4 million new cases are expected to be diagnosed.
In addition to this, more than one million cases of basal and
squamous cell skin cancer are expected to be diagnosed this year.1
Recognizing
profound unmet medical needs among millions of cancer patients
worldwide, Bristol-Myers Squibb has long devoted extraordinary
resources to discovering and developing cancer drugs. More than
four decades ago, it delivered its first anti-cancer drug. Since
then, Bristol-Myers Squibb has become a world leader in cancer
therapies. It makes several approved medicines and has several
experimental compounds in development to address unmet need in
many types of cancer.
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1. “Cancer
Facts and Figures, 2006,” The
American Cancer Society |
