Tag: cancer
Radiation Risk to U.S. from Japanese Reactors Very Low, Top Expert Explains
by Melly Alazraki on Mar.23, 2011, under Towing
As the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant continues, some worry that radiation from the damaged reactors will reach U.S. shores. Dr. Edward Maher, president of the Health Physics Society, and an environmental science expert at Harvard, explains why we should breathe easy.
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Radiation Risk to U.S. from Japanese Reactors Very Low, Top Expert Explains originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:00:00.
Filed Under: Health Care
Why Samsung Electronics Should Say No to Drugs
by Dawn Kawamoto on Feb.25, 2011, under Towing
Samsung Electronics is known for its smartphones, TVs and memory chips. Now it wants to tackle biopharmaceuticals, on Friday announcing a new joint venture to produce drugs to treat cancer and arthritis. Here’s why the move could prove an ill-needed distraction for the electronics giant.
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Why Samsung Electronics Should Say No to Drugs originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Health Care, Samsung
Pharmaceuticals Look Beyond Medications to Smartphone Apps
by Melly Alazraki on Feb.16, 2011, under Towing
Pharmaceutical companies looking for fresh sources of profit are increasingly investing in a range of health care innovations that aren’t drugs at all, from smartphone apps and educational websites to social media platforms and wireless devices, reports Ernst & Young.
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Pharmaceuticals Look Beyond Medications to Smartphone Apps originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:10:00.
Filed Under: Health Care, Pfizer, Qualcomm, Apple, Sanofi Aventis, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Cisco Systems
Two Drugs Are Effective Against Rare Cancer Steve Jobs Had, Studies Find
by Melly Alazraki on Feb.10, 2011, under Towing
Pfizer’s cancer drug Sutent and Novartis’s drug Afinitor have both been found to be effective against the rare form of pancreatic cancer that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was diagnosed with in 2004, according to two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Two Drugs Are Effective Against Rare Cancer Steve Jobs Had, Studies Find originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:40:00.
Filed Under: People, Health Care, Pfizer, Apple, Novartis
The Problem with Fast-Tracking Drug Approvals: Pharmas Fail to Follow Up
by Melly Alazraki on Feb.09, 2011, under Towing
To get potentially lifesaving drugs to patients faster, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowed to approve some drugs — those that address unmet medical needs — based on fewer trials than usual. But it turns out that many of the pharmaceutical companies fail to conduct follow-up trials to prove the drugs work.
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The Problem with Fast-Tracking Drug Approvals: Pharmas Fail to Follow Up originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:00:00.
Filed Under: Health Care, Genzyme Corporation , GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Amgen, Eli Lilly
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