Toxicity Without Benefit With Paclitaxel Plus EverolimusMedscapeDecember 12, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — It seemed like a good idea at the time, but including everolimus (Afinitor, Novartis) in a neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen with paclitaxel (Taxo…
Fractionated 90 Y-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Effective as First-Line Therapy for …Monthly Prescribing ReferencePatients with >20% bone marrow (BM) involvement received fractionated RIT only if a repeat BM biopsy demonstrated a reduction to ≤20% involv…
Wellpoint: Oppenheimer Funds' Largest Healthcare Stock Holding in Q3Wall St. Cheat SheetThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ transplant rejec…
Breast cancer victims 'can double survival time'Trade ArabiaWomen suffering from breast cancer can survive for twice as long without disease progression using the Novartis-made drug Afinitor (everolimus) in conjunction with hormonal therapy, sa…
Excellent PFS and OS Observed with CHOP Combination Regimens in Newly …Monthly Prescribing ReferenceThe CHOP-R arm of patients received six cycles of CHOP chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide 750mg/m 2 , doxorubicin 50mg/m 2 , vincristine 1.4mg/m 2 , and p…
Celladon Corporation Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Its …PR Newswire (press release)"The positive results of the phase 2 CUPID Trial demonstrated the potential of MYDICAR® to become an important treatment for patients with chronic, adv…
AMAG's anemia drug gets Canadian approvalReuters CanadaO: Quote) said Canadian health regulators approved Feraheme, its drug to treat anemia in adults with chronic kidney disease. Health Canada approved two doses of 510 mg of Feraheme, the company&…
Wake Forest Baptist First Hospital in North Carolina to Implant Newly Approved …PR Newswire (press release)12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A next-generation defibrillator that provides more treatment options and will likely reduce readmissions fo…
ZawyaOrgan trafficking on the rise in Egypt, says new reportBikya MasrIllegal organ trafficking in Egypt is on the rise, says a shocking report from the Coalition for Organ Failure Solutions (COFS) Egypt. CAIRO: A shocking new report by the Coalition f…
The Oncology ReportRe-treatment strategy challenges maintenance therapy for rituximab use in low …HemOncTodaySAN DIEGO — Patients with low tumor burden follicular lymphoma who received a maintenance dose of rituximab every 3 months did not have a l…