Avastin Fails Studies in New Brain Tumor Patients

Avastin fails studies in new brain tumor patients

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CHICAGO (AP) — New research raises fresh questions about which cancer patients benefit from Avastin, a drug that lost its approval for treating breast cancer nearly two years ago. Avastin did … "I would definitely not want the FDA to take that away …
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Will Genetically Engineered Animals Bring Home the Bacon?

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The feds' treatment of an Atlantic salmon that reaches maturity twice as rapidly as its wild cohorts is a case in point. The genetic changes – the addition to the genome of a growth hormone gene from the … The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine …
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Mergers likely to continue in behavioral care

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Deals and mergers have whittled away at the membership of the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, a Massachusetts trade group for community mental health and substance abuse treatment centers, according to president and chief executive officer …
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