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Tumor Ticker™ Top 5 Winners

Symbol Last Change % Change
ENZN $5.66 0.83 +14.66%
HGSI $1.62 0.17 +10.49%
AFFY $12.38 0.56 +4.52%
ABII $54.48 1.48 +2.72%
IDRA $7.02 0.19 +2.71%

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Tumor Ticker™ Top 5 Losers

Symbol Last Change % Change
ARIA $1.20 -0.15 -12.5%
DYAX $2.30 -0.18 -7.83%
PARD $2.72 -0.17 -6.25%
ANDS $1.99 -0.12 -6.03%
MRK $25.00 -1.46 -5.84%

Quotes Are Updated Every 20 Minutes. Companies with a Market Cap of less than $50M are not included.

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Oncology Compendia: Greater Transparency and Regulatory Attention at the Forefront

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Creating Comparative Effectiveness Policy: How Does Oncology Fit?

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Productive Partnering—The Next Stage in Patient Enrollment for Clinical Trials

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Oncology Clinical Trials: The New Battleground?

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Oncology News Headlines

Study Sheds Light on Breast Cancer Drug Failure

(Reuters) Dec 4, 2008 - The most commonly used breast cancer drug may cause tumors to spread in a small number of women with low levels of a protein which makes cells stick together, British researchers said on Thursday.
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UC Davis Cancer Center to Study Breast-Cancer Vaccine

(UC Davis Health System) Dec 1, 2008 - UC Davis Cancer Center researchers are launching a study of a new, experimental vaccine to determine if it can arrest or prevent breast cancer when used in conjunction with standard hormonal therapies.
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50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology Will Feature Breakthrough Research in Blood Diseases

(ASH) Dec 3, 2008 - The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world’s largest professional association of blood specialists, expects more than 20,000 attendees at the 50th ASH Annual Meeting from December 6-9, 2008, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA.
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Insurers Propose Universal, Centralized Healthcare

(Los Angeles Times) Dec 4, 2008 - Several consumer groups criticize the early bid by America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group that fought an overhaul in the 1990s, to take an active role in Obama's effort to revamp the system.
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More Job Cuts at Sanofi, This Time in the US

(Wall Street Journal Health Blog) Dec 3, 2008 - Chris Viehbacher, the new CEO of Sanofi-Aventis, isn’t a man to let the grass grow under his feet. Just two days in his new job, and Sanofi is cutting its U.S. sales force, Dow Jones Newswires reports.
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New Website to Help Hospitals Deal With CMS Recovery Audit Contractors

(StreetInsider.com) Dec 4, 2008 - An Internet portal designed to provide hospitals and health systems with a single source for the latest news and information, on The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Auditor Contractor (RAC) program, is rolling out this week at www.racmonitor.com.
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50th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition

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December 6-9, 2008
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A New Administration and a New Health Policy: What is the Impact on Your Patients and Your Practice?

San Francisco, CA
Sunday, December 7, 2008
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31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (CTRC, AACR & Baylor College of Medicine)

San Antonio, TX
December 10-14, 2008
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Oncology Forum 2008 / Reach New Heights

Washington, DC
December 11-12, 2008
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Vienna, VA
Fri., December 12, 2008
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ODAC Meeting re: BLAs for ImClone's Erbitux & Amgen's Vectibix in context of K-ras as biomarker

Gaithersburg, MD
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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