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• Is the practice of medicine impeding medical innovation?

  
  Biotech Blog — Authority: 106
  Copyright © BiotechBlog.com , a product of thinkBiotech.com At a recent event on the comparative advantages of small molecule vs. biologic drugs, several themes emerged which led me to re-examine the question of whether the practice of medicine is capable of keeping pace with medical innovation. As ...
  5 days ago

• Drug Could Help Treat Small HER2-Positive Breast Tumors (HealthDay)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 165
  HealthDay – TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) — Women with a relatively uncommon type of breast cancer are significantly more likely to face its recurrence and spread, but researchers now say these women may benefit from treatment with the breast cancer drug Herceptin. Read the original here: ...
  6 days ago

• Healthcare amendment would delay access to “generic” versions of life-saving biologics

  
  The eDrugSearch Blog — Authority: 110
  Healthcare reform isn’t just about the public option and paying for doctor’s visits — it’s also about equal, affordable access to life-saving medications for all Americans. That’s why many Big Pharma watchdogs are so disappointed with a recent amendment slipped into healthcare legislation that proposes ...
  1 week ago

• Reading About Myself in the Huffington Post

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 430
  Heres the link:  House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence for My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors For the record, the author of the piece didnt contact me to let me know she was writing about me. I dont mind her using info from my blog, thats fine, but it would have been nice to know the story was coming out. And a ...
  1 week ago

• House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence for My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  Im Jane, and Im a breast cancer survivor There was much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the new House health care bill . For myself, as a three-time breast cancer survivor, there was tremendous sadness and disappointment in the Speaker. Nancy Pelosi made a choice with regard to the ...
  1 week ago

• Matching Medications to Genes

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 562
  Why does one type of antidepressant work so well for some but is ineffective for others? How can we explain a tried and trusted medication providing little benefit and even leading to bizarre hallucinations and fits of rage? These are the daily questions professionals struggle to explain. The answer, Tel Aviv ...
  1 week ago

• Back on the Couch ...

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 430
  My living room couch seems to be the center of my universe.  I BLOG from the couch, using my laptop and WiFi.  I EAT on the couch, more often than not.  I WATCH MOVIES on the couch, also on my laptop. And I sometimes SLEEP on the couch, either for a nap or all night long.  Oh, and Connie has staked out his ...
  3 weeks ago

• Seattle Genetics Adds Marketing Boss

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 708
  Biotech , people , cancer Luke Timmerman wrote: Seattle Genetics, the Bothell, WA-based developer of targeted antibody drugs for cancer, said today it has hired its first head of commercial operations to prepare for the introduction of what it hopes will be its first marketed product. The company ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Blood Transfusion?

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 430
  I got a surprise when I went in for my treatment appointment yesterday: Dr. Lee told me I needed a blood transfusion. I was surprised because Ive been feeling pretty well. I even went to water aerobics on Thursday and did an hour of moderately strenuous exercise. Granted, I spent most of the rest of the day on the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Pfizer’s Power on Individualized Medicine

  
  Biotech Blog — Authority: 106
  Copyright © BiotechBlog.com , a product of thinkBiotech.com In these videos Pfizer’s Vice President and Global Head of Molecular Medicine, Aidan Power, talk about a future where everyone’s genome is sequenced and drug prescriptions are based on your genetic makeup, and argues that personalized medicine ...
  7 weeks ago

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