Insight: How new cancer drugs can skip randomized trials

Insight: How new cancer drugs can skip randomized trials
Drugmakers traditionally argue that it is only by ploughing an average of a $ 1 billion-plus into each new medicine that treatments can be improved. "The costs should be coming down tremendously," said Paul Workman, head of drug discovery at Britain's … Read more on Reuters

Cancer Survivors Skip Medical and Dental Treatments due to Costs
"This is the first population-based study to examine whether cancer survivors in rural and urban areas are equally likely to forgo health care as a result of concerns about cost," said Nynikka Palmer, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., postdoctoral fellow in the … Read more on Counsel & Heal

Number of babies born with drug addition rising
Entitled "The Hidden Tax: Drug addiction is not just one person's problem," the program focused upon the impact of illegal drug use in the region, the cost to taxpayers and the unknown, long-term effects of babies born with a drug addiction because of … Read more on Ledger Independent