A few weeks ago, Representative Towns (D-NY) introduced an amendment, "ACCELERATED NEW THERAPY CONSIDERATION FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS" to the PDUFA (Prescription Drug User Fee Act). The amendment would have required drug and biologic companies that develop new treatments for people with life threatening or terminal illness to also develop an expanded access program under [...]
A country is only as healthy as its citizens. So why do we spend so little for health care and cancer research. Instead we invest in death and destruction at the cost of our citizen's health. Joel T Nowak MA, MSW
The following are my personal comments and opinions. I am personally responsible for them. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Malecare. - Joel T Nowak In light of yesterday's piece on stem cell research, I have to say that I am upset that President Bush has just issued his second veto of the [...]
It shouldn't be a surprise to any of us, but there is a massive health care disparity between genders in the U.S., a new study by the National Prostate Cancer Coalition concluded this week. The report, The Prostate Cancer Gap: A Crisis in Men's Health, looks at the many disparities in awareness, funding, media coverage [...]
Here it is June 11 and my frustration with the Prostate Cancer Community continues to climb. On May 31, I wrote that the FDA had compromised over the issue of the approval of Provenge. At that time, it was announced that the FDA would be willing to use the interim results of Dendreon’s current, on [...]