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American Cancer Society

Annual Cancer Screening Tests Urged Less And Less

Oct 19 2011 | News

Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a Pap test every year is too often and probably doing more harm than good.

Cancer Death Rate Gap Widens Based on Education

Jun 17 2011 | News

ATLANTA (AP) — The gap in cancer death rates between college graduates and those who only went to high school is widening, the American Cancer Society reported Friday.

Weighing Cancer Risks, from Cellphones to Coffee

Jun 16 2011 | News

You're sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a plastic foam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk?

What's in a Cigarette? FDA to Study Ingredients

Jan 19 2010 | News

MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products.

FDA Debates Tougher Cancer Warning on Tanning Beds

Jan 19 2010 | News

LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous.

Radient Pharmaceuticals Signs Research Collaboration Agreement With CeTeCancer

Oct 15 2009 | News

Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a US-based pharmaceutical company, announced today it has entered into a collaboration agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary AMDL Diagnostics, Inc.

NJ Lawmaker Seeks to Limit Electronic Cigarettes

Oct 7 2009 | News

VICTOR EPSTEIN Associated Press Writer PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey lawmaker wants to extend current limits on the availability of tobacco cigarettes to apply to electronic cigarettes to prevent them from being embraced by children.

Study: Lung Cancer Drug Iressa Works For Some

Aug 20 2009 | News

MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Four years after the government severely restricted its use, the lung cancer drug Iressa may be poised to make a comeback: A study concludes it can slow the deadly disease better than standard chemotherapy in certain patients.

FDA Approves Avastin Plus Interferon-Alfa for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Aug 3 2009 | News

Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group, today announced that the FDA approved Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) plus interferon-alfa for people with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer.

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Extends Survival in Study

Apr 28 2009 | News

MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer in a study that tested an entirely new approach to fighting the disease, doctors reported Tuesday. Dendreon Corp.

Blogs

The Tale of Two Deviations

The Tale of Two Deviations

Apr 23 | The QA Pharm

It stands to reason that pharmaceutical companies in compliance trouble also have problems with their Deviation Management and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) System(s).

Can the Combination of Creative Destruction and “Steve Jobs’ Traits” Lead to a “Pharma QbD Spring”?

Can the Combination of Creative Destruction and “Steve Jobs’ Traits” Lead to a “Pharma QbD Spring”?

Apr 16 | Girish Malhotra, PE, President, EPCOT International

The answer is an unequivocal yes but we need some outsiders who can conspire with the insiders who will be the flag bearers within the companies. Outsiders can be the counsels/co-conspirators to the insiders for the coup d'etat.

Multimedia

Lung Cancer Drug Treats Rare Lymphoma Tumors

Lung Cancer Drug Treats Rare Lymphoma Tumors

May 17 | Video

A new study found Xalkori effective in treating anaplastic lymphoma among children, an encouraging development for gene-targeted therapy.

Merck - 2012 Facility of the Year Award - Facility Integration

Merck - 2012 Facility of the Year Award - Facility Integration

May 14 | Video

Brian Morrissey, Senior Project Engineer, Merck Manufacturing Division, talks to Pharmaceutical Processing's Editor In Chief Mike Auerbach during INTERPHEX 2012 about the company's Vaccine Bulk Manufacturing Facility Program of Projects. The facility has won the Facility Integration award in the 2012 Facility of the Year Award competition sponsored by ISPE, INTERPHEX and Pharmaceutical Processing magazine.

Medicine from a Vending Machine?

Medicine from a Vending Machine?

May 3 | Video

A Chinese company is pushing for acceptance of traditional Chinese medicine with a machine that can dispense herbs.

Taking Precautions to Prevent Contagion

Taking Precautions to Prevent Contagion

Apr 29 | Video

With the recent outbreak of viruses such as SARS, bird flu and swine flu, officials and travelers are being extra careful about preventing the illnesses from being transmitted.

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