In CML, Next-Generation TKIs Aim to Boost Outcomes

In CML, Next-Generation TKIs Aim to Boost Outcomes

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

While both drugs are designed to treat the same group of patients, the expanding armamentarium of therapies for this particular tumor type is allowing oncologists to consider adverse events, mutational status, and dose scheduling to select the best …
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AIDS progress at risk

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

Treatment also drastically reduces transmission: by 96 percent among heterosexual couples in which one partner is infected and the other is not, according to 2011 results from a landmark clinical trial supported by the Bethesda-based National …
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Maine doctors requiring random drug tests before writing prescriptions for

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The number of babies born with opiate withdrawal symptoms has skyrocketed. And this week Maine had its 50th pharmacy robbery of 2012, a crime that experts say is directly tied to prescription drug addiction. Maine had half that number of robberies in …
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