Prostate Patients Suffer as Money Overwhelms Best Therapy
Prostate Patients Suffer as Money Overwhelms Best Therapy
Filed under: drug treatment news 2010
Favorable Medicare payouts for hormone drugs like Lupron and Zoladex induced “remarkable changes” in prostate cancer treatment in the 1990's, as urologists “almost completely replaced” surgical castration with drug therapy, according to a 2010 study in …
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Actelion Drug to be Reviewed in EU – Analyst Blog
Filed under: drug treatment news 2010
Results from the phase III study revealed that treatment with macitentan (10mg once daily) reduced the risk of morbidity and mortality event by 45% compared to placebo. The risk was reduced by 30% in PAH patients treated with the 3 mg dosage of the drug.
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Resistance in the battle against malaria
Filed under: drug treatment news 2010
Scale-up of effective malaria interventions, including the use of artemisinin – the most effective drug for treating malaria – have been instrumental to this success. However, growing parasite resistance to artemisinin has been emerging in Southeast …
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