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Democrats should dismantle this ‘legal’ drug cartel: pharmacy benefit managers
31 Jul 2025 16:18 GMT
… everyone else – especially patients battling cancer, HIV, heart disease, and autoimmune … they paid to acquire drugs like the cancer treatment Gleevec and multiple sclerosis … steered patients towards more expensive drugs — which come with bigger discounts …
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Dose Optimization of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
30 Jul 2025 09:00 GMT
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Dose Optimization of Imatinib
Imatinib (Glivec; Novartis), the first TKI, was approved … of treatment in chronic myeloid leukaemia. Leukemia. 2016;30(8):1648– … therapeutic drug monitoring in Chinese patients with chronic‐phase chronic myeloid leukemia. Cancer …
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Fighting Financial Toxicity Through Oncology Drug Donation
28 Jul 2025 18:16 GMT
… kinase inhibitors (ie, imatinib [Gleevec; Novartis Pharmaceuticals], dasatinib [Sprycel; Bristol … redistribution of unused but viable cancer medications?
Wang: Medicine donation … navigating cancer care.
The main risks of implementing drug redistribution …
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Former DNC chair: Democrats should dismantle this 'legal' drug cartelHoward Dean
24 Jul 2025 11:12 GMT
… impose significant markups on generic drugs, impacting patients with serious illnesses … everyone else―especially patients battling cancer, HIV, heart disease, and autoimmune … they paid to acquire drugs like the cancer treatment Gleevec and multiple sclerosis …
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Democrats should dismantle this "legal" drug cartel
23 Jul 2025 16:14 GMT
… else -- especially patients battling cancer, HIV, heart disease, … paid to acquire drugs like the cancer treatment Gleevec and multiple … role by negotiating with drug manufacturers for lower prices. … discounts they negotiate on specific drugs. So, patients' …
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Coping With a Rare Cancer Diagnosis, Like GIST
15 Jul 2025 19:21 GMT
… at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, UCHealth.
CURE: What … I have pancreas cancer, or stomach cancer, or colon cancer?” These are … blood work check for your Gleevec. You can partner with … .
For more news on cancer updates, research and education, …
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Why AI-Enabled ‘Dirty Drugs’ are Future for Longevity Medicine
01 Jul 2025 16:17 GMT
… development and approval. Imatinib (Gleevec), for instance, was … single malfunctioning protein in leukaemia. But it also blocks … known geroprotectors in the DrugAge database.
These were … advanced multiple AI-discovered drug candidates into clinical trials …
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‘An Abortion Saved My Life After I Got Leukemia’
18 Jun 2025 01:15 GMT
… arranged to see another leukemia specialist at Memorial Sloane … in imminent danger. But with cancer, what is ‘imminent’? … impactful story about fighting cancer and accessing reproductive health … for patients taking the drug Gleevec. I feel like myself …
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How Precision Medicine Is Changing the Fight Against Cancer
13 Jun 2025 23:28 GMT
… essential for cancer cell growth.
Kinase inhibitors, like imatinib (Gleevec), revolutionized … the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. By blocking … surface or inside the cancer cell.
Design drugs to attack these …
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Liberia: Patients at CB Dunbar Hospital Praise Direct Relief for Free Lifesaving Drugs
13 Jun 2025 04:46 GMT
… illnesses, including leukemia.
By Selma Lomax [email protected]
The drugs, provided free … she relies on the medication Glivec to survive.
“I’ve … Imatinib (Glivec), Nilotinib (Tasigna), Dasatinib (Sprycel), and Bosutinib (Bosulif). These drugs, considered …