Patients with a form of blood cancer known as multiple myeloma who haven’t responded to other therapies might have a new weapon against the disease, researchers say. A drug called selinexor appeared to help patients with the blood and bone marrow cancer, according to a clinical trial involving 122 people. “This study proved that a
People who overdose on opioids have one lifeline, the drug naloxone, but two new studies find that many pharmacies won’t offer this lifesaving antidote without a doctor’s blessing. Though many states have passed laws mandating that naloxone be made available without a prescription, researchers from California found that fewer than 25 percent of pharmacies in
Generic drugs tend to trigger big drops in the cost of their expensive, brand-name counterparts, but that has not been the case with the cancer drug commonly known as Gleevec (imatinib). There’s been only a small drop in the price of imatinib since a generic version was introduced to compete with Gleevec, a new study
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