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GSK Yanks Avodart Cancer Filing by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine GlaxoSmithKline has withdrawn its application for the use of Avodart in the prevention of prostate cancer. One has to wonder if this is a case of premature ejaculation, becau ... Read on »

Provenge Gets D-Day by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Dendreon received confirmation from the FDA that it’s (re)-submission for prostate cancer vaccine Provenge is complete. The FDA has also given Dendreon a PDUFA action d ... Read on »

Politics of Breast Cancer by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I’ve been surprised by a number of people that I generally respect in the medical world that have embraced the USPSTF recommendations against breast cancer screening wit ... Read on »

Breast Cancer Recommendations: Feedback Welcome by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Annals of Internal Medicine, publisher of the controversial USPSTF Breast Cancer Recommendations (funded by AHRQ), is inviting feedback. On its website, you can take thei ... Read on »

ACS Stands Firm by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today is the Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS). I’m a big fan of the ACS this week – it takes real resolve to stick up for p ... Read on »

AHRQ: Ration Breast Cancer Screening by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) of HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched an all-out jihad on women. The AHRQ and USPSTF ... Read on »

Niaspan Beats Zetia in Minor Study by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Abbott Lab’s Niaspan beat out Merck’s Zetia (ezetimibe) in concomitant therapy with statins when looking at atherosclerosis. The study, which was presented at the ... Read on »

Brilinta Trumps Plavix by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine AstraZeneca’s Brilinta topples Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis’ Plavix in a head-to-head trial – again. Previous trials showed similar results. Bri ... Read on »

Smoking Increases – It’s Cool Again by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In addition to acknowledging its underestimated of H1N1 deaths earlier today, the CDC also acknowledged that adult smoking rates have increased for the first time in decades. ... Read on »

H1N1 Death Tolls Soars by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The CDC has previously estimated only 1,000 deaths due to H1N1 flu…until today. The CDC has finally begun acknowledging what medical professionals across the country h ... Read on »

IMS Health Sells Out by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As predicted a few weeks ago, IMS Health has sold itself to private equity for $5.2 billion ($4 billion in actual transaction, plus the acquisition of another $1.2 billion in ... Read on »

A New Look for Pharm Aid by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Change is in the air. That holds true for Pharm Aid. We’ve just launched our new logo, both here and on Twitter. Let me know how you like it. Copyright 2007-2009 Phar ... Read on »

Health Reform Fuels Job Losses by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Healthcare reform efforts are driving further job cuts in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. What started as a rationalization of sales forces and ... Read on »

Obama Promises H1N1 Vaccine - Again by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine While I previously wrote about the White House Admission of Significant Mistakes on H1N1, things have deteriorated over the last 48 hours. Obama mouthpiece Robert Gibbs noted ... Read on »

White House Admits H1N1 Mistakes by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In speaking with NPR, senior Obama advisor David Axelrod admitted to serious mistakes in the White House’s handling of H1N1. Namely, it is the White House’s asses ... Read on »

GSK Scores FDA Approval for Arzerra by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine GlaxoSmithKline secured approval from the U.S. FDA for Arzerra (ofatumumab) for patients with a cancer of the blood and bone marrow called chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) ... Read on »

Healthcare System Wastes $800 billion; $200 billion in Fraud by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here’s a riddle – what kind of healthcare reform is it when it doesn’t actually reform? It’s the kind being advocated by President Barack Obama and Se ... Read on »

No Watchful Waiting for Webber by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer, his spokeswoman from the PR firm Brown Lloyd James. Webber is the British composer of numerous mu ... Read on »

Hospital-Acquired Infections by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Over 100,000 Americans die every year of hospital-acquired infections and countless others acquire infections that require significant additional treatment. These infections ... Read on »

H1N1 is a National Emergency, Obama sez by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Despite his slow response to the H1N1 crisis, President Barack Obama was able to take time out of campaigning for Jon Corzine and having his family portrait done by Annie Leib ... Read on »

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