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Novogen CEO Graham Kelly says he will make an anti-cancer drug at an affordable price
Source: Herald Sun – Sue Dunlevy. Photo: Jim Trifyllis. An Australian drug company chief has made…
The price government puts on a year of your life is $50,000
Source: Herald Sun – Sue Dunlevy. The expert government committee that decides which medicines deserve…
European Medicines Agency issues alert after vials of Herceptin stolen from Italian hospitals
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has been informed that vials of Herceptin (trastuzumab), thought to…
Cancer stem cells linked to drug resistance
Discovery of previously undefined molecular pathway is step toward novel clinical trial Most drugs used…
New nanoparticles can deliver three chemotherapy drugs at once
Source: MIT News – Anne Trafton. Delivering chemotherapy drugs in nanoparticle form could help reduce…
Takeda fined $6bn damages over Actos cancer claims
Source: The Guardian – Julia Kollewe. Photo: Arnd Wiegmann/REUTERS Japanese pharmaceutical company ordered to pay billions of…
Study shows fertility drugs do not increase breast cancer risk
Women who took clomiphene citrate or gonadotropins as a part of fertility treatment did not…
Pancreatic cancer patients to pay $15,000 or miss out
Source: Herald Sun – Grant Mcarthur. A DRUG company will stop supplying cut-price treatment for…
Joining forces to fight lung cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered the structure of an abnormal protein which causes an…
The cost of cancer drugs
Source: Sydney Morning Herald – Kate Hagan. Jacques Meschemberg was a self-confessed ”gym junkie” who…