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Thomas Marsland, MD
Vice President Integrated Community Oncology Network Former Community Representative ASCO Board of Directors

Heat on Roche to Cut Kadcyla Price After NICE 'No'

(Pharma Times [UK]) Apr 23, 2014 - Breast cancer care campaigners have slammed draft guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence turning down NHS funding for Roche's Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) because it costs "tens of thousands of pounds more than other treatments".

Commentary: So a rose by any other name is still a rose and rationing by any other name is still rationing. But this article...

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Heat on Roche to Cut Kadcyla Price After NICE 'No'

(Pharma Times [UK]) Apr 23, 2014 - Breast cancer care campaigners have slammed draft guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence turning down NHS funding for Roche's Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) because it costs "tens of thousands of pounds more than other treatments".
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NICE Recommends Bortezomib for Newly Diagnosed Blood Cancer, Multiple Myeloma

(NICE) Apr 22, 2014 - People newly diagnosed with the blood cancer multiple myeloma will now be guaranteed access to bortezomib, also known as Velcade.
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How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer

(The Daily Beast) Apr 23, 2014 - Big Pharma’s focus on blockbuster cancer drugs squeezes out cheaper treatments. The result, one researcher says: ‘If we’re winning the war on cancer, we’re not winning that fast.’
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Heat on Roche to Cut Kadcyla Price After NICE 'No' (Pharma Times [UK])

So a rose by any other name is still a rose and rationing by any other name is still rationing. But this article...posted by: Thomas Marsland, MD

Response Genetics Enters Next Generation Sequencing Market With Proprietary Panel for Lung Cancer Developed by the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (Yahoo! Finance)

Although it is not specifically stated in the release, I assume that with the molecular profiling of the tumor...posted by: Winston Wong, PharmD

VA, California Panels Urge Costly Hepatitis C Drugs For Sickest Patients (Kaiser Health News)

Warehousing of Hep C patients is real. it took me a while to be convinced of that. The only question is whether...posted by: Winston Wong, PharmD

Drug Combo May Knock Down Lung Cancer (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The key comment made in the release is that the populations need tone very defined, implying, this is not for every...posted by: Winston Wong, PharmD

Robot Versus Surgeon: No Clear Winner (MedPage Today)

I recall the initial days when the robotic surgery technology first came to Hopkins. We, as the payer, were rather...posted by: Winston Wong, PharmD






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