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Cigna Demands Counseling for Breast Cancer Test in Myriad Threat
2013-08-19 09:48:37| Biotech - Topix.net
Cigna Corp. will become the first U.S. health insurer to require genetic counseling nationwide before it pays for tests for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, a move that may threaten sales for Myriad Genetics Inc. The policy affects tests for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, the most common cause of hereditary breast cancer, as well as genes for ... (more)
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Breast Cancer Risk May Be Increased by Blood Pressure Drugs, Study Shows
2013-08-06 03:12:05| Biotech - Topix.net
Using a type of blood pressure drug for more than a decade may raise breast-cancer risk, a study found, the first potential link between long-term use of the popular medicines and the most common malignancy among women.
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New ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction ...
2013-08-05 19:12:52| Logistics - Topix.net
However, Atossa believes that the potentially serious side effects associated with the prophylactic use of tamoxifen, raloxifene, arzoxifene, lasofoxifene, exemestane, or anastrozole, which include endometrial cancer, blood clots, stroke, ovarian cysts and cataracts, must be carefully weighed against the potential benefits and carefully targeted to ... (more)
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GlaxoSmithKline Pharma loses patent claim on breast cancer drug Tykerb
2013-08-02 16:15:06| Biotech - Topix.net
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board has revoked the patent granted to the British drug major Glaxosmithkline Pharma Ltd for its breast cancer drug - Tykerb.
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Court ruling may open up breast cancer gene tests A ruling by the...
2013-07-12 16:44:54| Biotech - Topix.net
A technician loads patient samples into a machine for testing at Myriad Genetics Friday, May 31, 2002, in Salt Lake City.
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