Aetna to End Payment for a Drug in Colonoscopies
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Aetna is the latest insurer to clamp down on the use of a powerful anesthetic during an increasingly common form of colon cancer screening.
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The $2.3 billion arthritis drug is withdrawn from the market.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- An insurance company facing a lawsuit by the Medical Society of New Jersey agreed Thursday to temporarily halt its efforts to recoup $15 million in alleged overpayments to doctors.
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A man with cancer overturns an NHS decision which stopped him getting funds for drugs that will prolong his life.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) learned yesterday from AstraZeneca that a large clinical trial comparing Iressa (gefitinib) with placebo in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who had failed other courses of cancer therapy showed no survival
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Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings  said on Thursday No. 3 U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc.  terminated its LabCorp contract effective July 1, which will likely cut LabCorp's 2007 earnings by about 4 to 12 cents a share.
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GenVec Inc. has suspended human testing of its leading drug, a potential cancer therapy, after a patient died during a study. Its stock closed at $1.20, down $1.06. But analysts said the link between the death and the drug has yet to be proved. -The Washington Post
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Sanofi-Aventis has withdrawn its   marketing application for its Multaq heart arrhythmia treatment   in the European Union, the world's third-largest drugmaker said   on Thursday.
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Viagra, the blockbuster impotence  drug, will be paid for under Medicare's new prescription drug  coverage, officials said on Tuesday.
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The government and Genentech are warning doctors that Avastin, which is used to treat colorectal cancer, increases patients' risk of potentially lethal heart ailments.
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The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug to treat patients with advanced lung cancer. It&#39;s called Alimta. Patients receive ten minute infusions of the drug every three weeks on an outpatient basis.
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Decode Genetics Inc. said on Thursday  it was halting its late-stage clinical trial program for an  experimental oral heart attack drug after a formulation problem  with the tablets cropped up.
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The U.S. Medicare health insurance  program said on Friday it would reduce payments for anemia  drugs when used to treat elderly and disabled patients who are  undergoing kidney dialysis.
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A Tulsa company that sold imported prescription drugs from Canada bowed to legal pressure from the Food and Drug Administration yesterday and agreed to permanently halt the practice.
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"Grey's Anatomy" star  Ellen Pompeo has closed a new deal for her services on the hit  ABC medical drama.
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NHS drugs advisers have reversed their decision to block a drug for people with asbestos-related cancer.
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Kaiser Permanente has stopped dispensing Bextra, an arthritis and pain drug made by Pfizer that may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.