Pill takes aim specifically at canine cancer
By Debra Pressey
Tuesday June 16, 2009
Vanda Bidwell
Dr. Rachel Steinberg holds Little Dog, a terrier mix owned by Susan Norton of Robinson, Ind., at the University of Illinois Small Animal Clinic. Little Dog is a candidate for the first FDA-approved cancer treatment made just for dogs.
URBANA – The only hope for dogs suffering from a common form of canine cancer used to be a pricey cancer drug for people.
But Fido finally has a cancer drug to call his own.
Just approved by the FDA this month, a canine cancer therapy named Palladia is being distributed to veterinary cancer specialists first and will be available soon through the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.
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