FDA approves new suppliers for scarce cancer drugs

February 22, 2012

New supplies of two currently hard-to-find cancer drugs are on the way, according to the FDA. As Dow Jones Newswires reports, the FDA said it would allow the temporary importation of Lipodox, made by Sun Pharma Global FZE and distributed by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories.

FDA approves new suppliers for scarce cancer drugs

February 22, 2012

Katherine Hobson, The Wall Street Journal Health Blog

New supplies of two currently hard-to-find cancer drugs are on the way, according to the FDA. As Dow Jones Newswires reports, the FDA said it would allow the temporary importation of Lipodox, made by Sun Pharma Global FZE and distributed by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories.

Sebelius says leukemia-drug shortage will be resolved within two weeks

February 16, 2012

Jennifer Corbett Dooren, The Wall Street Journal Health Blog

Federal health officials said there will be enough supply of a children’s leukemia drug released in the next couple of weeks to alleviate a shortage.

Genentech statement on counterfeit drug labeled as Avastin® in U.S.

February 14, 2012

Roche and Genentech have been informed that a counterfeit product, labeled as Avastin (bevacizumab), has been distributed in the United States. The counterfeit product is not safe or effective and should not be used. Chemical analyses of the counterfeit vials tested to date have confirmed the product does not contain the active ingredients for Avastin.

Cancer survivor made chemotherapy fun

February 14, 2012

Rory MacLean, The StarPhoenix

Dionne Warner's doctor calls her a walking miracle. Warner has battled cancer seven times since 1995. It started in her breast, developed in her brain in 1997 and liver in 2001. From 2002 to 2009 she was in remission, but that December she was diagnosed with lung cancer and Stage 4 bone cancer in her spine, ribs and pelvic area.

Supply of a cancer drug may run out within weeks

February 13, 2012

Gardiner Harris, New York Times

A crucial medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in such short supply that hospitals across the country may exhaust their stores within the next two weeks, leaving hundreds and perhaps thousands of children at risk of dying from a largely curable disease, federal officials and cancer doctors say.