Monthly Archives: January 2008

How Does Drug Pricing Drive Therapeutic Choice?

An expert panel convened in Atlanta, Georgia, December 9th during the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. The Biogen Idec-sponsored symposia, titled, “How does drug pricing drive therapeutic choice?” featured presentations from Frank Lichtenberg, PhD, Professor of Business at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, New York, NY; Sir Michael Rawlins, [...]

The Appeal of Genasense: The drug, the data, and the tangled web that its FDA review has become

At some point—probably in the very near future—there will be a final decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about whether Genta’s antisense agent Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) will be approved for the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In the meantime, the review process has become an increasingly tangled web of data, [...]