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Category Archives: – Biotech
BRAF and MEK combos for melanoma
Update October 1, 2015- The FDA approved the use of two drugs, Opdivo and Yervoy, to treat metastatic melanoma, as we first discussed with Dr. Ribas last year.
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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Google wants your medical records
December 19, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD In Part 3 of our interview with Robert Klitzman, MD, ethics professor at Columbia University,
Google’s Larry Page wants your medical records to be public for “research”
March 20, 2014-By Steven E. Greer, MD Charlie Rose interviewed Google founder Larry Page at the 2014 TED conference. During the talk, Mr.
Posted in - Biotech, - Medical Devices, - Opinion, Congress, Genetics
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Review of immunotherapy and targeted therapy
June 17, 2016- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Siwen Hu-Lieskovan MD, PhD of UCLA, an expert with immunotherapies for melanoma, to go over the
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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The Year in Review: 2018
December 29, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD The biggest stories this year related
Insurance companies are not paying for Repatha and Praluent
Update November 2, 2018- Amgen slashed the annual cost of this drug to $6,000.
Ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) versus Placebo in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
January 31, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Pharma, Neurology, Univ Texas
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KIT inhibition by Gleevec (imatinib) for severe asthma
May 26, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Novartis’ Gleevec (imatinib) was approved in the U.S. in 2001 to treat leukemia. Now, researchers
Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Pharma, National Jewish Health, Pulmonology
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Antoni Ribas, MD discusses cancer drugs targeting the PD1 signaling pathways
March 19, 2013- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD The upcoming ASCO meeting will be dominated by numerous presentations relating to new
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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Bending the cost curve of cancer care
May 25, 2011- Since the approval of Genentech’s costly Avastin in 2004, prominent oncologists have warned that
Review of combination immunotherapies seen at ASCO 2016
June 22, 2016- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Siwen Hu-Lieskovan MD, PhD of UCLA, an expert with immunotherapies for melanoma,
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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This could be the best interview ever aired on Fox Business
August 15, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD Martin Shkreli was on Fox Business today, and the set seemed familiar. Ironically, I was in this same
Posted in - Biotech, - Generics, - Medical Devices, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy
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Interview with the CEO of Galena Biopharma about cancer vaccines
February 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in - Biotech, Oncology
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CheckMate 026: Why did Opdivo (nivolumab) fail in NSCLC?
September 1, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD In the wake of the news-making failure of CheckMate 026 of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) fail in
Posted in - Biotech, - Pharma, Oncology, UCLA
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Interview with the CEO of Synthetic Biologics, Jeff Riley
February 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
The Biggest Healthcare Stories of 2016
December 26, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD for The Healthcare Channel Policy changes dominated the 2016 year in healthcare news. There were few important new drug
Posted in - Biotech, - Generics, - Medical Devices, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, - The Weekly Summary, CMS, FDA
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Ibrance (palbociclib) to treat advanced breast cancer
November 28, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Richard Finn,
The Biggest stories of 2015
December 31, 2015- by Steven E. Nike Roshe Run Femme Greer, MD 2015 was the year of ISIS. The radical jihadist group started the year with an attack in France,
The telomerase inhibitor Imetelstat developed by Geron
September 9, 2015-
Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, Oncology
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Are the new PCSK9 cholesterol lowering drugs worth the high cost?
December 16, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD
Posted in - Biotech, - NEJM, - Opinion, - Pharma, - Policy, Cardiology, CMS, FDA
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