August 15, 2012

Most Cancer Patients Will Be Treated in Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN) and Cancer Institutions by 2016, Predicts New Report

By 2016, Inside Oncology’s new market intelligence report: Academic Cancer Centers (NCCC): Trends Impacting Key Account Management is predicting that

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January 26, 2011

Sorry Rush Limbaugh – Avastin® Reimbursement is “Controlled” by the Compendia NOT the FDA or Medicare!

For those of you who have been following this blog you will recall that I have spent a lot of time discussing cancer drug costs and the lack of

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October 14, 2010

Will Medicare Cover Provenge? A Dendreon “Hockey Stick” Event Approaches

While winter is approaching and the hockey season has already begun for sports fans, another kind of hockey related event is approaching

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August 24, 2010

Beyond the Tipping Point: Medicare Will Control the Rising Cost of Cancer Drugs

The question is no longer whether or not Medicare will do it but when and how. The initiation of a National Coverage Decision

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July 29, 2010

Does Folotyn® work in NSCLC? Allos Therapeutics Reports Phase 2 Results

On Wednesday the 28th Allos announced the results of their randomized phase 2 study comparing Folotyn

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July 12, 2010

Buying Opportunities? Dendreon; Antisoma

On July 1st CMS announced that Dendreon’s Provenge® will undergo a National Coverage Determination (NCD).

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June 29, 2010

Catch a rising star.

This past ASCO in Chicago was something like the 18th or 19th one that I have attended, and it has grown from a few thousand physicians to

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