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...year later, Jacobs got the bad news that cancer was starting to grow again in her lungs. This time, however, the doctors had something else to offer. Two new anticancer drugs that target cancer cells more precisely and with less toxicity had been approved by the FDA. (Two more have since been approved.) Jacobs' doctors at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston enrolled her in a clinical trial for a combination of two of those agents, Tarceva and Avastin, last August. "The difference is like night and day," says Jacobs. "I take a pill every day, and every three...
...that zero in on tumors with a minimum of collateral damage. Used in combination with advanced techniques for classifying tumors by their molecular signatures and screening patients by their DNA, the drugs are transforming cancer from a deadly disease into a chronic condition that can be managed indefinitely. The FDA, responsible for approving new drugs, acknowledged the trend earlier this year when it issued new guidelines for evaluating this type of molecular and genetic data. "The bench and bedside have merged," says Dr. Roy Herbst of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. "We are truly in the molecular-targeted...
...Zoloft. But evidence has been mounting that these relatively safe medications might trigger suicidal thoughts in some kids. While there's no proof that the drugs have actually caused any suicides, British authorities pretty much banned everything but Prozac last December for children under 18. And in March, the FDA warned that anyone taking antidepressants, including Prozac, should be monitored for emotional agitation...
...million Settlement to be paid by Pfizer for marketing Neurontin, an epilepsy drug, for uses not approved by the FDA...
Whereas 26 other countries including Sri Lanka, Albania and Madagascar have made emergency contraception available without prescription years ago, the U.S. government continues to put politics ahead of women’s health. The FDA should take politics out of science and rescind its decision...