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VA’S CONVOLUTED PATIENT SCHEDULING STARTS WITH A ‘HELPLINE’ CALL
Veterans trying to schedule medical appointments in the Veterans Affairs Department’s Phoenix Health Care System entered a Kafkaesque world where they had to call...
UF Health successfully implements genomic medicine program
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — At the conclusion of the first year of UF Health’s Personalized Medicine Program, the results are in: The program has successfully...
Alexion begins multinational registration trials of eculizumab to treat NMO and MG
US-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals has started a single, multinational, placebo-controlled trial designed to assess the safety and efficacy of eculizumab (Soliris) in patients with relapsing...
Pfizer confirms £60bn bid interest in AstraZeneca
US-based drug maker Pfizer has confirmed that it has contacted AstraZeneca seeking to renew discussions over a possible £60bn takeover. The discussions are regarding...
Eli Lilly’s Cyramza becomes first FDA-approved gastric cancer drug
Eli Lilly has obtained US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Cyramza (ramucirumab) as a single-agent treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic...
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