Healthcare News by GLG Council Members

While any association is possible, this looks like so many others--a coexistence, with no demonstrable suggestion of cause-and-effect.

-I'm thrilled to see that a provider evaluating someone for an STD also tests for HIV -but- -I'm appalled that people can be seen in an ER for a suspected STD, just like I would be for those that go for colds and ear infections.  How much did each of those chlamydia and gonorrhea and syphilis diagnoses cost per patient?  And who are we kidding when we pretend that an ER can effectively...

I do not believe that any conclusions can be drawn from these data unless they can be confirmed by a larger, more wide ranging population sampling.

The incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is now reported at 1 of out every 150 births in N. America. Some 30 years ago the statistic for ASD was 1 in 10,000 births. There are a number of developments in the last 30 years that clearly represent more potential significance in understanding the causes of ASD than geographic variations in rainfall.  During this 30 year period...

President elect Obama will try , most probably unsuccessfully, to take on insurance companies in orfder to fulfill his election promises of "close to universal" health care. Generics will thrive, but Big Phrama , especially those with innovative products and biotech companies will continue to prosper.

A recent study infers taht periods of increased rainfall could be linked to increase in number of children dioagnosed with autism. The causla l;ink of rainfall is unlikely, but most probably reflects other factors like children staying more indoors and thus watch more TV, get less sun exposure and less VIT D production, and more exposure to cleaning products. New study will help to further confuse...

Genetech's Avastin have shown modest increase in progresion free survival and overall survival in patients with gliobalstoma multiforme, the most common and most agressive malignant brain tumor With such data, Avastin is expected to join Temodar as chemotherapy agent approved for this tumor with high mortality

Astra Zeneca is pursuing important medical and, of course, commercial goals by seeking the expanded clinical indications of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder for Seroquel XR, heir to blockbuster Seroquel (quetiapine).  This latest EU submission culminates regulatory submissions made for both disorders in the US and EU this year.  While there is the obvious need to supplant...

President-Elect Obama made reforming the U.S. healthcare system a central plank of his campaign.  A key initiative calls for spending $10 billion a year over the next five years ($50 billion total) to computerize health records and prescribe more treatments digitally. 

The implication is that our new chief executive has "bigger fish to fry" than attaching drug costs??