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Monthly Archives: February 2011
On the Air With Skeptically Speaking
Category: drug cost, drug patents, Legislation
Tagged Bayh-Dole act, Botox, data exclusivity, FDA, Gleevec, healthcare reform, market exclusivity, Orphan Drug Act
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The Avastin Saga
Category: cancer, drug cost, ethics
Tagged Avastin, breast cancer, cost:benefit ratio, FDA, insurance, Medicaid, medicare, NCCN, overall survival, progression-free survival
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Jessica Wapner is a freelance writer focused mainly on biomedical issues. Her work is published in Scientific American, The New York Times, Slate, Science, Nature Medicine, and elsewhere. Her first book, The Philadelphia Chromosome is forthcoming from The Experiment in May 2013.