Gleevec, the cancer drug, stars in clinical trials - USA
And the surprises keep coming. Recent studies are revealing that imatinib may help in an array of illnesses that have nothing to do with cancer. Among them: diabetes, Crohn's disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis and scleroderma. Novartis has even conducted a preliminary clinical trial testing the cancer drug as a treatment for seasonal allergies.