Is the 'Golden Age' of Biotech Over?
(MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today spoke with former Forbes senior editor Nathan Vardi about his new book, For Blood and Money, which tells the "extreme" story of the development of two game-changing medications for chronic lymphocytic leukemia ... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CAR T Cell-Like Therapy To Treat T Cell Leukemia (T-ALL)
Here we discuss a study published in the journal BMJ investigates a promising new approach inspired by CAR T therapy on mouse models. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
Howard Bragman, Veteran Hollywood Publicist and LGBTQ Activist, Dies at 66
Howard Bragman, the veteran publicist who specialized in crisis communications and best known for guiding celebrities in coming out publicly has died after a battle with leukemia. He was 66. Representatives for Bragman’s crisis communications firm, Labrea Media, didn’t immediately respond to…#howardbragman #bragmans #labreamedia #thewrap (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Howard Bragman, Public Relations Veteran and Founder of BNC and Fifteen Minutes PR, Dies at 66
Howard Bragman, a decades-long veteran of entertainment PR, has died of Leukemia, according to a journal entry by his boyfriend Mike Maimone. He was 66. “The enormity of our shared loss can’t be overstated — Howard was a constant in so many of our lives and the brightest star in his wide…#howardbragman #mikemaimone #bragman #bnc #labreamedia #camerondiaz #paulaabdul #steviewonder #sharonosbourne #monicalewinsky (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Howard Bragman Dies: Public Relations And Crisis Management Expert, LGBTQ+ Activist Was 66
Howard Bragman, one of Hollywood’s top crisis management experts whose clients included Sharon Osbourne, Monica Lewinsky, Stevie Wonder, Chaz Bono and many more, died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night after a private battle with acute monocytic leukemia. He was 66, just days shy of his 67th…#howardbragman #hollywood #sharonosbourne #monicalewinsky #steviewonder #chazbono #universityofmichigan #bursonmarsteller #interpublicgroup #labreamedia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Miami Cancer Institute to host cancer experts at Fourth Annual Global Summit on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Malignancies
Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health, announced the Fourth Annual Global Summit on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Malignancies, to be held March 10-11, 2023, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. The educational summit has been designed to provide an overview of the most recent advances in the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and stem cell transplantation through novel immunotherapies and treatment combinations. In addition, updates on evolving immunologically … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Baptist Health Source Type: news
Poison with a purpose: a case report on arsenic cardiotoxicity and obesity - Nachtigal EA, Doan TN.
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a form of leukemia in which there is an arrest of the maturation of the myeloid lineage at the promyelocyte stage. Although there is high early mortality due to coagulopathy, APL is now a curable disease with the use o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Devastation as ‘extremely loved' three-year-old dies after battle with cancer
Porsha was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in September 2021 and has spent every day at the hospital since. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Faking a Cancer Dx? Fallopian Tube Removal; Trodelvy's New Breast Cancer Indication
(MedPage Today) -- A 19-year-old Iowa woman has been arrested after being accused of faking diagnoses of leukemia and pancreatic cancer in order to collect more than $37,000 in online donations. (CBS News)
The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - February 3, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche reports good results for 2022 despite decline in demand for COVID-19 products
Basel, 2 February 2023Group sales grow by 2%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) and 1% in Swiss francs, despite lower COVID-19-related sales in both divisionsPharmaceuticals Division salesincrease by 2%; continued strong growth of newer medicines more than compensating for the impact of biosimilars and lower sales of Actemra/RoActemra (severe COVID-19)Diagnostics Division salesgrow by 3%; ongoing strong momentum in base business (+7%) more than compensating for the continuing decline in the demand for COVID-19 tests in the second half of the yearHighlightsin the fourth quarter of 2022 (incl. January 2023):US approvals ofLun...
Source: Roche Media News - February 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche reports good results for 2022 despite decline in demand for COVID-19 products
Group sales grow by 2%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) and 1% in Swiss francs, despite lower COVID-19-related sales in both divisionsPharmaceuticals Division salesincrease by 2%; continued strong growth of newer medicines more than compensating for the impact of biosimilars and lower sales of Actemra/RoActemra (severe COVID-19)Diagnostics Division salesgrow by 3%; ongoing strong momentum in base business (+7%) more than compensating for the continuing decline in the demand for COVID-19 tests in the second half of the yearHighlightsin the fourth quarter of 2022 (incl. January 2023):US approvals ofLunsumio (follicular lymp...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Survival Outcomes in Young ALL Vary by Race/Ethnicity
(MedPage Today) -- While survival outcomes for children and young adults with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) have improved significantly over the last several decades, substantial differences in outcomes by race and ethnicity continue to persist... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Cannock twin's tumour awareness bid after brother's death
Jack Parton, now 15, was diagnosed with leukaemia weeks after brother Ben died from a brain tumour. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Off Their Pricey CML Meds, Many Thrive Off Their Pricey CML Meds, Many Thrive
Over the last few years, physicians have experimented with taking patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) off their drugs entirely, and the results are promising.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 26, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
