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New experimental wonder drug a cancer buster
Source: Herald Sun – Brigid O’Connell. Victorians with advanced chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia or are too frail…
Astra-Zeneca cancer drug hailed as ‘great white hope’ in fight against illness
Source: The Guardian – Rupert Neate. Drug MEDI4736 fast-tracked to phase-III trials following tests on…
Asprin could combat permanent hearing loss caused by cancer drug
A new Cancer Research UK trial investigating whether high doses of aspirin can help prevent…
Big Pharma, my cancer patient and me
Source: Guardian – Ranjana Srivastava. My patient was refused compassionate access to a cheap chemotherapy. Why?…
Herald Sun launch campaign to fund 36 cancer drugs
The Herald Sun launched a campaign on 4th May to get 36 cancer drugs listed…
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…