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EMA wants to suspend drugs due to data manipulation
Credit: Steven Harbour The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended suspending a number of drugs that were approved in the European Union...
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Gains in CLL are ‘Advance of the Year’
Credit: NIH The “transformation” of treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the “Advance of the Year” for 2015, according to a report...
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FDA puts drug on fast track to treat secondary AML
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for CPX-351, a fixed-ratio combination of cytarabine and daunorubicin...
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EC supports continued use of ponatinib
Credit: Rhoda Baer The European Commission (EC) has concluded that ponatinib (Iclusig) should continue to be prescribed in accordance with its...
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Label changes report new side effects for hematology drugs
Credit: CDC Several hematology drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recently undergone label changes to reflect newly...
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Update on therapies for lymphoproliferative disorders
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Drug can increase survival in poor-risk AML
In a phase 2 trial, an investigational drug conferred a significant improvement in survival when used as salvage therapy in poor-risk patients...
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NHS cuts 5 blood cancer drugs from CDF, adds 1
Credit: Steven Harbour The National Health Service (NHS) has increased the budget for England’s Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) and added a new drug to...
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Study reveals potential strategy to treat AML
Credit: Lance Liotta Researchers have discovered that interactions between two molecules—STAT3 and PRL-3—may provide a therapeutic target for...
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Survey reveals cancer survivors’ unmet needs
patient and her father Credit: Rhoda Baer New research shows that, even decades after being cured, many cancer survivors face challenges...
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Biopsies don’t promote cancer spread, group finds
A study of more than 2000 patients refutes the idea that biopsies cause cancer to spread. In a study published in Gut, researchers showed that...