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Analysis of:
Phase III Trial of Consolidation Therapy With Yttrium-90–Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Compared With No Additional Therapy After First Remission in Advanced Follicular Lymphoma (jco.ascopubs.org)
Addition of Zevalin after a CR or PR in low grade, follicular lymphomas adds to CR rates and improves time to progression. The implication is that this will result in improved survivals.
Analysis of:
Pharma need not worry too much about President Obama (www.pharmatimes.com)
The implication is that our new chief executive has "bigger fish to fry" than attaching drug costs??
Analysis of:
Caterpillar/Wal-Mart Rx Drug Pilot Scraps Use of Average Wholesale Price, Uses Drug Cost-Plus Pricing (www.aishealth.com)
A just-published article in Drug Benefit News provides new details about the Wal-Mart’s (WMT) $0 generic co-pay program with Caterpillar (CAT). Anyone involved in the pharmacy channel – pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), insurers, payers, drug wholesalers – should be paying attention to the...
Analysis of:
Glaxo Plans 12% Reduction in Its U.S. Drug Sales Force (online.wsj.com)
"As part of the restructuring, the company plans to group its sales staff around specific treatment areas" including oncology, probably
Analysis of:
Genentech Submits Application to U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Avastin in the Most Aggressive Form of Brain Cancer (www.gene.com)
Genetech is seeking FDA approval for use in the most malignant of brain tumors, Glioblastomas.
Analysis of:
Walgreen Co. to Acquire Specialty Pharmacy Business from McKesson Corporation (news.walgreens.com)
Walgreens (WAG) announced the acquisition of McKesson’s (MCK) specialty pharmacy business in a win-win transaction for both companies. The deal makes sense for both parties as long you understand that specialty distributors sell products to physicians, providers and pharmacies, while specialty pharmacies...
Analysis of:
In Sour Economy, Some Scale Back on Medications (www.nytimes.com)
The New York Times ran a story on the impact of the economy on prescriptions. The article provided many compelling personal stories to illustrate data from IMS Health showing a decline in the total number of prescriptions dispensed in the United States. However, I have some concerns about the ability...
October 24, 2008
A target may well decrease the market for EGFR inhibitors (Erbitux & Vectibix) in colon cancer (CRC)
Analysis of:
Targeting EGFR in Colorectal Cancer (content.nejm.org)
A target may well decrease the market for EGFR inhibitors (Erbitux & Vectibix) in colon cancer (CRC)
Measuring mutated K-RAS will show who will NOT respond to ImClone's Erbitux or Amgen's Vectibix. Thus to use either in CRC will not be particularly effective.
Analysis of:
"GM, Chrysler Deal Could Spur UAW Concessions, " Detroit Free Press, October 20, 2008 (www.freep.com)
1. Broad-based UAW concessions would not be seen by the UAW as addressing the auto industry's problems.
2. The reductions in hourly employment in the auto industry over the past three years have limited the impact that the UAW has on the auto industry cost structure.
3. The...
October 23, 2008
Vaccinate smokers?? what is the agenda and the employer of "The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices."
Analysis of:
Panel Calls for Vaccine for Adult Smokers (online.wsj.com)
Vaccinate smokers?? what is the agenda and the employer of "The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices."
31 million more doses of Pneumovax yearly in the US??
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