Call for cancer pill subsidy
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For nearly two years Jane Bissell struggled to get out of bed in the morning. Gripped by terrible headaches and fatigue, the Whangaparaoa woman thought it was the after-effects of chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.
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Biotech companies, medical device  makers and food manufacturers joined patient groups and three  former U.S. health secretaries on Monday in calling for  increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration.
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Misaligned incentives are leading two potentially life-saving drugs for treating lymphoma to go underused.
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When the federal government says it can&#39;t afford a national pharmacare program -- the one recently proposed by the provinces -- what it&#39;s really saying is that the provinces can&#39;t afford what they already have.
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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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The way cancer services are provided is a shambles and must be drastically reformed, a report by MPs says.
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A former MP says she may go to the High Court to force the NHS to provide a drug which could help save her sight.
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The contraceptive pill has prevented at least 100,000 UK deaths from ovarian cancer, researchers say.
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More must be done to curb the soaring NHS spending on prescription drugs, MPs say.
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When a person is told he has an aggressive form of cancer, he might seek a second opinion if the doctor responds by telling him to drink plenty of fluids, take two aspirin, get a good night sleep and call the office in the morning.
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A drug used to treat breast cancer would not be good for preventing the tumours occurring in the first place, say researchers.
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Potassium iodide pills could ward off cancer in the event of a nuclear accident, but many states have refused to take freebies from the feds. By Randy Dotinga.
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Liberal Senator Terry Mercer is urging the federal government to get more serious about considering the idea of establishing a national pharmacare program which provincial premiers have been calling for.
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Thailand's new government could pay for four cancer drugs instead of overriding their international patents, Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap said on Wednesday, fearing possible trade sanctions against his country. The cancer medicines targeted by the previous military-appointed government for compulsory licenses, which allow countries to make or buy cheap, copycat versions of drugs, would cost $24-$27 million a year.
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Stung by a crackdown on unproven claims about the safety and effectiveness of medications made by pharmacies to treat menopause, supporters of the drugs have launched a lobbying campaign aimed at the Food and Drug Administration.
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A new program to provide low-cost drugs to people with cancer and other serious illnesses has fallen far short of expectations, as just a small number of eligible patients
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A group of doctors urges the government to proceed with the folic-acid fortification of flour.