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• n  periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system

• For example, vincristine, originally isolated from the Madagascan periwinkle, is used to treat some human cancers.

• Oncovin

News & Articles

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• Spectrum Can Generate Profits From Misfit Cancer Drugs
  HENDERSON, Nev. (TheStreet) -- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals recently announced the purchase of Talon Therapeutics and its drug Marqibo, a liposomal formulation of vincristine approved last year for the treatment of a rare type of leukemia. Marqibo's commercial potential is nowhere close to a cancer drug like Pharmacyclics' ibrutinib, but for Spectrum, the acquisition could still be quite profitable ...
  July 25, 2013 - TheStreet.com