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Merck to "pirate" Traditional Chinese Medicine compounds to develop new drugs, warns consumer health advocate

12/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) German pharmaceutical giant Merck announced last week that it would collaborate with a Chinese pharmaceutical company to develop new cancer drugs based on traditional Chinese herbs and botanical medicines. Hong Kong-based Chi-Med -- a...

Genentech sets price gouging limit for Avastin cancer drug

10/13/2006 - (NaturalNews) Earlier this week the pharmaceutical firm Genentech announced that it would institute a price cap for its cancer drug Avastin at $55,000 per year for patients with a household income of less than $75,000 a year. Genentech's announcement...

Avastin cancer drug may cause brain bleeding, warns FDA

9/27/2006 - (NaturalNews) Genentech's cancer-fighting drug Avastin's label now includes warnings related to a rare brain-bleeding condition and deterioration of nasal tissue that both have been associated with the drug. The FDA's website now notes that Avastin can...

Prostate cancer drugs cause heart disease, diabetes

9/19/2006 - (NaturalNews) New research appearing in the Sept. 20 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology has found that drugs frequently used to treat prostate cancer may significantly increase the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. Researchers from...

"Miracle" cancer drug Glivec found to cause heart cell death, heart failure

9/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study of targeted cancer therapy Glivec (Imantinib mesylate) found that the treatment could cause heart failure, and moreover, could indicate side effect issues for other targeted therapies. The FDA approved Glivec in May of 2001 after...

Herceptin cancer drug causes heart damage in 28 percent of patients

8/15/2006 - (NaturalNews) A new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has found that the cancer drug Herceptin causes heart damage in 28 percent of its users. A team of researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center studied 173 patients...

Tamoxifen found to be near useless in preventing cancer and saving lives

7/24/2006 - (NaturalNews) A report analyzing the breast-cancer-prevention drug tamoxifen suggests the pharmaceutical's anti-cancer effects don't translate into saved lives. The drug gained fame in the '90s after studies concluded it successfully prevented cancer....

Cancer drugs cause serious heart damage in nearly 75 percent of long-term patients

7/20/2006 - (NaturalNews) Dutch researchers from the University of Groningen have found that anti-cancer drugs such as anthracyclines not only damage the heart, but continue to worsen the heart over time. According to the researchers' study in the Annals of Oncology,...

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