Pfizer cancer drug wins special status; shares jump

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Pfizer cancer drug wins special status; shares jump

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-breast-cancer-drug-wins-breakthrough-status-shares-162330753--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r9kLaEIyGWoIeo52SHiQqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-10T162330Z_1_CBRE93919JA00_RTROPTP_2_PFIZER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have granted a &quot;breakthrough therapy&quot; designation to an experimental Pfizer Inc treatment for breast cancer, lifting the company's shares and putting a spotlight on its growing cancer-drug portfolio. Analysts from JPMorgan and Leerink Swann forecast the oral medicine, called palbociclib, could generate annual sales of $5 billion or more if it is approved for use against breast cancer as well as other types of cancer. Pfizer, whose stock rose 2.6 percent, said the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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