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...Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug last Thursday anticipated to be a revolutionary development in the fight against cancer...
Though it is not a cure, the FDA called Avastin the “first such product that has been proven to delay tumor growth and more importantly, significantly extend the lives of patients...
Though the FDA said there is low statistical evidence of side-effects with Avastin, they have said that in some cases, side-effects may exist...
According to the FDA, patients treated with Avastin in conjunction with chemotherapy drugs tended to live an average of five months longer than patients only receiving chemotherapy...
...article portrayed the opposition of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the importation of drugs through Canada as protecting the pharmaceutical industry, not consumers. TIME failed to explain that the FDA is enforcing a law Congress passed in 1988 after a multi-year investigation revealed threats to the nation's drug supply, including importation. The article should have emphasized that the Clinton Administration, as well as the Bush Administration, was unable to demonstrate that importation could be done safely and would achieve significant savings. Presumably, the dangers explain why illegal importation schemes, such as one in Springfield, Mass., often...