Abraxis BioScience is a fully integrated biotechnology company dedicated to delivering progressive therapeutics, such as ABRAXANE, and core technologies that offer patients and medical professionals safer and more effective treatments for cancer and other critical illnesses.

Abraxis' portfolio includes the world's first and only protein-based nanoparticle chemotherapeutic compound. Scientists at Abraxis developed its proprietary tumor targeting system known as the nab™ Technology platform, an innovative approach to treating cancer and other critical illnesses. By harnessing the unique natural properties of the human protein albumin, Abraxis' nab technology platform enables the transport and delivery of therapeutic agents to the site of disease. This revolutionary biologically interactive delivery system is being further developed with other water insoluble drugs for their potential use across a broad range of tumors.