Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: THLD), today announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2 dose escalation clinical trial of TH-302 in combination with sunitinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET). TH-302 is a proprietary tumor selective Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug (HAP) that specifically targets tumor hypoxia. Sunitinib, marketed by Pfizer under the brand name Sutent�, is an oral, small molecule angiogenesis inhibitor that is currently approved for the treatment of RCC, GIST and PNET...
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Congress Successfully Pushes CMS To Review And Rescind Burdensome Requirement
Washington, D.C. - In February eighty-eight Members of the House and the Senate, led by Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX-26), Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ-08), Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), sent bipartisan letters to Dr. Donald Berwick, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging him to delay and review enforcement of a new requirement that was included in the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule...
Diet, Metformin Cut Medical Cost for Prediabetes Patients
People with prediabetes can save thousands of dollars in medical costs by taking the diabetes drug metformin or making lifestyle changes, a new study shows.
Dr Oz: Holistic Health Plan & Women?s Shocking Questions
Dr Oz June 24 2011
Dr Oz’s Show on June 24, 2011 is called Shocking Questions My Wife Is Too Afraid To Ask.� One husband told Doctor Oz that his wife has a black toenail, which turned out to be a nail fungus.� Dr Oz suggested trying an Anti-Fungal Cream with Terbinafine, such as Lamisil, or [...]
Dr Oz’s Show on June 24, 2011 is called Shocking Questions My Wife Is Too Afraid To Ask.� One husband told Doctor Oz that his wife has a black toenail, which turned out to be a nail fungus.� Dr Oz suggested trying an Anti-Fungal Cream with Terbinafine, such as Lamisil, or [...]
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Be Happy, Live Longer
New research has shown that happier orangutans live longer which may shed light on the evolution of happiness in humans. Dr. Alexander Weiss and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Arizona, who are presenting their paper published in Royal Society journal Biology Letters at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference in Glasgow on Sunday the 3rd of July, used an innovative approach to assessing happiness by asking keepers who work with orangutans to answer questions on the animals' behalf...
FDA panel rejects Avastin for breast cancer use
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Health advisers delivered a blow to Roche Holding on Wednesday, voting to reject the use of Roche Holding drug Avastin for breast cancer while the Swiss drugmaker conducts more studies.
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