The world wide supply of Xofigo (radium Ra-223 dichloride) available for patients will run out on October 10, 2014. Xofigo is the newly FDA approved treatment for men with castrate resistant metastatic prostate cancer (CRPC) with bone metastases without any known visceral metastases. Individual batches of drugs are inspected prior to release to patients. Bayer’s [...]
I want to share that I am hopeful that we have made progress with Bayer Healthcare and the issues I have written about surrounding the newly approved treatment for men with castrate resistant prostate cancer, Xofigo. I have shared that they failed to support the early access trials because of what they claimed were supply [...]
More great news for men with advanced prostate cancer that is castrate resistant and who also have symptomatic bone metastases and no known visceral metastatic disease. Today, Bayer HealthCare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved (radium Ra 223 dichloride). Xofigo (zo-FEE-go) is the first and only alpha particle-emitting radioactive therapeutic [...]
The committee to start the early access clinical trials for drugs and treatments for men with advanced prostate cancer has been very hard at work. Based on the leadership and tenacity of Jan Manarite of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) we have managed to encourage, beg and cajole a number of pharmaceutical (pharma) companies [...]