Tag: Prescription Drugs
Renal-Cell Cancer Disease-Free Survival Up With Sunitinib
Findings in patients with locoregional, high-risk clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma
Copay Assist Programs Creating Problems in Health Care Markets
Despite offering assistance to those who cannot afford meds, programs create broader problems
Ribociclib + Letrozole Beneficial in Advanced Breast Cancer
Longer duration of progression-free survival in patients with HR+, HER2− breast cancer
Not Enough Men Who Have Sex With Men Aware of PrEP
Only 42 percent of Baltimore MSM knew about pre-exposure prophylaxis medication
Levosimendan Doesn’t Prevent Acute Organ Dysfunction
Drug also tied to lower odds of successful weaning from mechanical ventilation in adults with sepsis
Long-Term Tamoxifen Does Lower Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk
Six-year study finds follow-up therapy cuts survivors' risk for cancer in the other breast
Adding Daratumumab to Standard Tx Effective in Multiple Myeloma
43.1 percent of study patients had a complete response
Price Increases Larger for Older Cancer Drugs Than Newer Ones
Older meds rose 22.7 percent in price, compared to a 6.2 percent increase for newer treatments
New Drug for Alcohol Use Disorder Appears Promising
Smokers may also benefit, results of a clinical trial suggest
Dermatologists Receive Considerable Industry Payments
Variation in nature and amount of payments, with top 1 percent of doctors receiving at least $93,622
