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Non-profit drug development could cut cost of cancer medicines
Universities should work with new forms of commercial partner to take their own cancer drugs…
Cancer drug prices must come down, say leading international research institutes
By Sarah Boseley – The Guardian. Top UK and US scientists say high cost for…
Ovarian cancer drug ‘most significant’ PBS listing in 30 years
SBS The quality of life for hundreds of women with advanced ovarian cancer is set…
Immunotherapy: Training the body to fight cancer
Balveen Kaur, The Ohio State University and Pravin Kaumaya, The Ohio State University The human…
Androgen deprivation therapy not associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease
A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady…
Study establishes new standard of care for pancreatic cancer patients
A combination of two chemotherapy drugs – gemcitabine and capecitabine – should be the new standard of care for…
Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient
The anti-autophagy drug chloroquine may be a unique way to re-sensitise some cancer patients to…
Nivolumab boosts 12mo survival rates in gastric cancer trial
The results of trial ONO-4538-12 were announced today, demonstrating nivolumab significantly reduced the risk of…
Financial ties between researchers and drug industry linked to positive trial results
Financial ties between researchers and companies that make the drugs they are studying are independently…
New drug in development shows improved progression-free survival for patients with advanced metastatic midgut neuroendocrine tumours
A new therapy in development for the treatment of midgut neuroendocrine tumours, a rare type…