Doxil and/or Gemzar and Radiation - American Cancer Society

Hola from the ovarian board. I know that many of you receive chemo and radiation for uterine cancer. Ovarian cancer patients don't generally receive radiation, but I know a woman with Clear Cell, who has read research saying her chances are improved with ...

Inside America's Drug Shortage: Scrambling for a Solution - YAHOO!

When Rebecca Robinson showed up at the hospital expecting to receive her infusion of Doxil, a chemotherapy drug, last July, her doctors delivered the shocking news that they didn't have any more of the drug. Supplies of Doxil, a cornerstone for treating ...

Editorial: Why do drug shortages persist? - USA Today

Carey Fitzmaurice, a mother of two in Bethesda, Md., was battling ovarian cancer last spring with Doxil, a key part of a chemotherapy mixture that looked as if it was working. But last summer, supplies of Doxil dried up. When we spoke to ...

FDA Gets Senate Approval for $6.4 Billion Review Fee Plan - Bloomberg

The FDA allowed for temporary importation of unapproved foreign drugs from India in February to give ovarian cancer and multiple myeloma patients access to the Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) drug Doxil, which was in short supply after the New Brunswick ...

Endocyte Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Operations Update - Marketwatch

Factors that may cause such a difference include risks that the company may experience delays in the completion of its clinical trials (whether caused by competition, adverse events, patient enrollment rates, unavailability of Doxil, regulatory ...

Senate passes bill to speed up approval of key medicines - Inside Bay Area

Senators of both parties said they had received pleas for help from constituents affected by shortages of drugs such as cytarabine for leukemia, Doxil for ovarian cancer and methotrexate for various diseases. The Senate majority leader ...

Continued: Congress acts to ease shortages of vital drugs in FDA overhaul - Minneapolis Star Tribune

By some estimates, the number of drugs in short supply has tripled since 2005. Mary McHugh Morrison, an Edina woman who takes Doxil to combat peritoneal cancer, also was among those forced to go out on her own to find limited supplies around the nation.

Editorial: Drug shortages must be fixed - News-Press

Each time a shortage is resolved, it seems, another crops up. Last year, it was Doxil. Today, it is nitrogen mustard used to treat Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Doctors and hospitals are scrambling, and evidence of dire consequences is mounting.

Shortage of vital medicine: A national crisis? - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

It has also sought the replacement of another chemotherapeutic drug called Doxil from Sun Pharma Global, an Indian based pharmaceutical company. Credit must go to President Obama’s Oct. 31, 2011, Executive Order and FDA’s letter to ...

Abdominal fluid build up, now on Gemzar - American Cancer Society

Disease came back in mid to late 2009. Since then she has been on Doxil, Taxol again, and most recently Topotecan. She took a break from chemo for several months as the disease was minimized in her stomach/abdomen. A few months back, she had a great deal ...