All Posts Tagged With: "breast cancer"
$9 Million to Woman with Breast Cancer for Cancelled Health Insurance
A woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million in a case against one of California’s largest health insurers.
Patsy Bates, 52, a hairdresser from Gardena, had been left with more than $129,000 in unpaid medical bills when Health Net Inc. canceled [...]
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14Mar2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 8 comments | Continued
Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents: Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa), Epogen (epoetin alfa), and Procrit (epoetin alfa)
FDA informed healthcare professionals of findings from two additional clinical studies, Preoperative Epirubicin Paclitaxel Aranesp Study (PREPARE), and the National Cancer Institute Gynecologic Oncology Group (COG-19), showing an increase in mortality and shorter time to tumor progression in patients with cancer receiving an Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA). Both the PREPARE study in breast cancer and the [...]
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3Jan2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
