Tag Archives: Genentech

Fast-Tracking Cancer Drugs: The Back Story and The Future

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s keep the conversation going! In a previous blog post, I tried to explain the importance of understanding what was … Continue reading

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People’s Lives as the Endpoints of Medical Research – Now There’s An Nifty Idea

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s keep the conversation going! A little history, from a breast cancer perspective During my time at Breast Cancer Action, … Continue reading

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Drug costs: out of control because we don’t control them

If you’re an adult in this country who needs and uses any prescription drugs, it won’t surprise you to learn that the cost of drugs is going up. And if you are conscious of political realities now facing the US … Continue reading

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