Winning Against Cancer with Safe and Effective Treatments

January 24, 2012

By Andrew Spiegel, Chief Executive Officer of the Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) MedCity News The marathon battle against cancer continues but we are winning. New statistics from the American Cancer Society show the number of cancer-related deaths has decreased by about 23% in men and 15% in women since 1990. These promising reductions in the […]

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Concerns linger about biotech drugs

January 4, 2012

By Helena R. Berger Florida Sun Sentinel January 4, 2012 A number of medical breakthroughs have helped individuals with severe and chronic disabilities. Many of these are biotech medicines, or biologics, which are advanced prescription drugs made from living organisms rather than chemicals. Biologics are used to treat serious disabilities like Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s and […]

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Concerns linger about biotech drugs

January 4, 2012

By Helena R. Berger Florida Sun Sentinel January 4, 2012 A number of medical breakthroughs have helped individuals with severe and chronic disabilities. Many of these are biotech medicines, or biologics, which are advanced prescription drugs made from living organisms rather than chemicals. Biologics are used to treat serious disabilities like Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s and […]

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Medical Innovation and Shortening the Long Goodbye

December 21, 2011

By John Horton Huffington Post Seventeen years ago, Ronald Reagan penned what some have called his “Long Goodbye”: a letter to the American people announcing that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He poignantly thanked readers for allowing him to serve as president. “I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy […]

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Medical Innovation and Shortening the Long Goodbye

December 21, 2011

By John Horton Huffington Post Seventeen years ago, Ronald Reagan penned what some have called his “Long Goodbye”: a letter to the American people announcing that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He poignantly thanked readers for allowing him to serve as president. “I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy […]

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Regulators and doctors must work together to ensure safety of biologic medicines

December 15, 2011

By Dr. Marcy Zwelling-Aamot, chairperson of the Board of the American Academy of Private Physicians (AAPP) The Hill  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding an important public meeting today on its proposed biosimilar user fee program recommendations.  This meeting is a major step in making biosimilars available for the first time in […]

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Emerging patient safety issues under health care reform: follow-on biologics and immunogenicity

December 7, 2011

Emerging patient safety issues under health care reform: follow-on biologics and immunogenicity By Bryan A. Liang and Timothy Mackey Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Managment Abstract: US health care reform includes an abbreviated pathway for follow-on biologics, also known as biosimilars, in an effort to speed up access to these complex therapeutics. However, a key patient […]

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Emerging patient safety issues under health care reform: follow-on biologics and immunogenicity

December 7, 2011

Emerging patient safety issues under health care reform: follow-on biologics and immunogenicity By Bryan A. Liang and Timothy Mackey Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Managment Abstract: US health care reform includes an abbreviated pathway for follow-on biologics, also known as biosimilars, in an effort to speed up access to these complex therapeutics. However, a key patient […]

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Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines Launches Webinar Series

November 12, 2011

Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines Launches Webinar Series Starting in November, The Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines will host several webinars on biologic and biosimilar medicines, hosted by Alliance Chairman Dr. Richard Dolinar. Registration is free! Biologics 101: What are biologics and why should you care? Thursday, November 17, 2:30 PM EST Click here to […]

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Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines Launches Webinar Series

November 12, 2011

Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines Launches Webinar Series Starting in November, The Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines will host several webinars on biologic and biosimilar medicines, hosted by Alliance Chairman Dr. Richard Dolinar. Registration is free! Biologics 101: What are biologics and why should you care? Thursday, November 17, 2:30 PM EST Click here to […]

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