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 Reference
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 Q3 – Wall St. Cheat Sheet
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 Arabia
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 Reference
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)
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 approval – Reuters Canada
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)
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…
Organ trafficking on the rise in Egypt, says new report – Bikya Masr
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…
Re-treatment strategy challenges maintenance therapy for rituximab use in low … – HemOncToday
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…