GLG News by Hematologists who Treat Myelodysplastic Syndromes

APP wants to jump into the void created by Baxter's "allergic" problems related to Chinese suppliers. BUT APP appears to also obtain some of it's product from China and with FDA's scrutiny I would not bet on continued supplies.

Sutent is associated with cardiac dysfunction!?

As an oncologist we are aware of a drugs efficacy in conditions other than what it has been approved. Avastin in breast cancer; Nexavar and Erbitux in lung cancer, Taxotere in sarcomas. This list would be voluminous and would be a real benefit for patients BUT.......

Targeting gynecologic tumors with a "hormone" attached to an effective chemotherapeutic agent.

Very preliminary but if a larger study is confirmatory, and even before in the community, this agent will be used in MS.

"Genentech said Tuesday that a new clinical trial had shown that its best-selling drug Avastin was effective in treating breast cancer, a finding that could increase the chances that the product will be approved for that use."

If there is a production delay in "standard" heparin, it will open the door for LMWH preparations. Which ones? Sanofi-Aventis's Lovenox

Thalidomide post single stem cell transplant is as good as two transplants back to back (tandem.)

Analysis of RNA obtained from hair follicles can be used to guide drug development and therapy

".... a major federal study of more than 10,000 middle-aged and older people with Type 2 diabetes (DM) has found that lowering blood sugar actually increased their risk of death, researchers reported Wednesday."