15May/13

For-profit dialysis centers continued to use anemia drug after black box warning – MedCity News

For-profit dialysis centers continued to use anemia drug after black box warning
MedCity News
It’s just that it does have side effects and people do need to be aware of them,” said Dr. Nina Tolkoff-Rubin, director of renal transplantation and hemodialysis at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Previous studies had found that for-profit

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15May/13

Genentech Cancer Antibody, Son of Rituxan, Nails Pivotal Study – Xconomy

Genentech Cancer Antibody, Son of Rituxan, Nails Pivotal Study
Xconomy
Genentech has been searching for years to find a way to improve upon rituximab (Rituxan), which set a gold standard 15 years ago as part of the first generation of targeted antibody cancer drugs. Now it looks like Genentech has finally nailed a new and
Roche Experimental Leukemia Drug Helps Shrink TumorsBloomberg
Genentech’s Obinutuzumab (GA101) Significantly Reduced the Risk of Disease Wall Street Journal (press release)

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