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Patients Fear Their Rapport With Genentech Is in Danger

Right now according to the Wall Street Journal, patients who have enjoyed an open relationship are worried that this could all change under management from Roche. Is bigger always better? Recently in the news Genentech is not happy with the...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 1:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Pharma, Biotech, Cancer, clinical trials, Genentech, Rocha

Cancer Physician Invents Test For New Drugs That Cut Off Tumor's Blood Supply - Huntington Beach, California...Personalized Medicine

Tumor Cell Profiling... the tests show if your cancer cells were killed by exposure to one or more of the 20 or so different anti-cancer drugs that might otherwise have been considered as possible treatments for your type of cancer. A test that...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 1:45 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, Research, Lab Test, Tumor

Sanofi-Aventis Sues Apotex Over Taxotere US Patents

The patent is stated not to expire until 2010 and this will put a 30 hold at the FDA to grant approval. This one should prove interesting to follow and see where the infringement occurs. BD LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Sanofi-Aventis SA (SNY) has...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 11:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Lawsuit, Pharma, Cancer, FDA, Patents

Blue Cross and the American Society of Clinical Oncology unite to improve care, cut costs in Michigan

American Society of Clinical Oncology and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan will collect cancer information from 11 oncology practices in Michigan. Each physician will be paid around $3000.00 for their time in for the collection process...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 11:33 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, Cancer, FDA, Oncology, Blue Cross, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Heath Insurance

Small Plane Crash in Massachusetts - Angel Flights

A sad story here, but it seems like the occurrences of both helicopter and plane crashes as related to emergency health care are growing. A male cancer patient and his wife were en route to Boston for treatment when the plane was lost from radar...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 11:20 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Cancer, Boston, Angel Flight

Screen legend Paul Newman prepares to die at home

It sounds like we are ready to perhaps lose another legend at 83 years of age. I will always remember Mr. Newman and the exchange of a little humor years ago in Long Beach at the Grand Prix. BD PAUL Newman has finished chemotherapy and...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 5:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, Paul Newman, Films, Actor

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?

The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the University of Pittsburgh both have the machine and are doing some additional testing. Mr. Kanzius was not from the medical field and somewhat stumbled up on his creation, being a person...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2008 3:11 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Cancer, Radio Waves, Cancer Cure, Kanzius Machine, 60 Minutes. Research

Kidney patients denied 'too expensive' life-extending drugs - UK

Money is the issue, so will the UK have the worst cancer survival figures in Europe? There still have to be some happy medium whereby drugs are affordable and researchers can still be rewarded. If the drugs never get to the the afflicted patients...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 10:47 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, UK, Cancer, cancer research

This Oncologist believes Cancer is a Fungus?

This was sent to via a reader, and the video offers a new way of looking at cancer, as a fungus. Being I am a blogger and not a medical professional, I can't offer any opinions one way or another, but would certainly welcome any comments from...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 1:21 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, cancer research, Oncology, Yeast, Candida, Fungus

Drugs for Death, Not Life

Stories like this are sad indeed. It comes back to the dollar and someone playing "God" to determine who gets treatment and who does not. Granted personalized medicine tests will help in time, not only from the actual treatment side...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 10:47 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, drugs, healthcare, health insurance, Prescriptions, Cancer

Roche snaps up Arius platform for $189M

Mark up one more purchase for Roche this week. Pharmaceutical companies are looking for for biotech purchases and Roche is not wasting one moment this week. Arius fits right in with current ongoing cancer research. Who will be on the...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2008 7:04 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Biotech, Cancer, Roche

Pond Scum – Cancer Therapy?

Yes there is a grant for this research of around 3 million. Cyanobacteria samples (the pond scum) will be collected and grown. Blue green algae is being studied as a potential alternative to some chemotherapy treatments. Once more breaking...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2008 9:55 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Biotech, Cancer, Pond Scum

Technology uses tobacco plants to fight cancer - Breakthrough

What would occur is to use the plant to make a protein to use the body’s own immune system to fight cancer. The plant were infected with the tobacco plants with a virus from the patient’s cancer cells and as little as a week later, the protein cells...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2008 5:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, personalized medicine, Proteins, Cancer, Tobacco

A Musical Score for Disease – Listening to Cancer Genes?

This is very interesting and thanks to Medgadget for finding this one. Will we someday be listening to cancer genes and perhaps others? If you would like to hear what the genes sound like, here’s the page. I do have to say that this...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2008 1:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, DNA, Genomics, Genes, Cancer, Harvard Medical School, Science

Cell Therapeutics running out of cash - Biotech

One Biotech looking for money with their focus on cancer treating drugs in various stages of clinical trials. BD Seattle-based Cell Therapeutics is sending out an SOS signal to investors. "We have an immediate need to raise additional...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2008 11:44 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Biotech, Cancer, Research and Development

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