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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Congress is moving to stop separate Medicare reimbursement in order to end an incentive to overuse a drug frequently given to dialysis patients.
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The doctor at the center of a prescription drug scandal involving the University of Washington softball team has agreed to stop practicing medicine in a settlement with the state Medical Quality Assurance Commission.
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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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Cytyc Corp. of Marlborough said it will pay $160 million for Proxima Therapeutics Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., the maker of MammoSite, a device that treats breast-cancer tumors with radiation targeting the lumpectomy site. Cytyc will pay an additional fee based on sales growth over two years. Cytyc said the acquisition boosts the company's role as a major supplier of products ...
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The doctor at the center of a prescription drug scandal involving the Washington softball team has agreed to stop practicing medicine in a settlement with the state Medical Quality Assurance Commission.
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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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Inova Fairfax Hospital officials have offered to pay a team of 22 urologists a fee for every indigent patient they treat on call in its emergency department, satisfying some doctors and probably averting a showdown that threatened critical care.
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THE REGION Study: Uninsured pay highest drug prices
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A new anti-obesity drug that works in  the same way as Sanofi-Aventis's Acomplia has advanced in  clinical trials, triggering a $25 million payment to Belgian  drugs, chemicals and plastics maker Solvay.
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Sanofi-Synthelabo on Friday said it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its Eloxatin to be used with chemotherapy to treat stage 3 colon cancer.
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Payment to resolve allegations pharmaceutical firm overcharged government for top drugs.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - Shares of Genentech were halted on Monday as the company announced that its oncology drug Avastin had been shown to extend the lives of some patients stricken with advanced colorectal cancer.
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Tablets of the drug etravirine were approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of HIV infection in adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.
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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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The editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) are calling for an end to the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s (FDA) role in post-market monitoring of the safety of drugs it approves.
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Viagra, the blockbuster impotence  drug, will be paid for under Medicare's new prescription drug  coverage, officials said on Tuesday.