Cancer Drug Representatives Spelled Out the Way to Profit
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Big pharmaceutical companies sometimes calculated to the penny the profits that doctors could make from their cancer drugs and shared those estimates with doctors.
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British scientists have discovered a new way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat prostate cancer.
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A breast cancer drug could save 1,300 lives a year if more widely used in the UK, research suggests.
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Paying for the cancer drug Herceptin means other cancer patients will lose out, doctors warn.
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British scientists have discovered a new way to improve the effectiveness of drugs used to treat prostate cancer. Researchers at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular
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Researchers say they have found a way to reverse resistance to one of the most effective anti-cancer drugs.
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Scientists have identified a way of tackling hard-to-treat breast cancers.
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WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology lobbyists attempting to slow the development of cheap generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs have been emphasizing questions about their safety in an effort to win support among the new Democratic leaders of Congress.
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Cancer drug distributors are trying to charge storage and handling fees to the makers of the drugs, a move some consumer groups worry could undermine parts of the Medicare prescription benefit law meant to curb pricing abuses.
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More patients are receiving cancer drugs, according to a report by the UK government's cancer tsar.
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This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer.
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Doctors researching breast cancer say a new drug has had "exciting" results.
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A small study shows its cancer treatment is comparable to others in terms of usefulness. Safety data is unknown.
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The FDA asks for more data about Avastin, which could be used to treat various cancers.
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A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a researcher says leukemia patients who need Gleevec should not abandon it.
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Older women with breast cancer are being encouraged to use a new drug which is better at preventing re-occurrence of the disease, has fewer side effects - but costs Â£1,000 a year instead of Â£30.
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A team of scientists in Glasgow say they have devised a new method of attacking cancer cells.