When the FDA announced a shortage of cisplatin in February 2023, followed by a shortage of carboplatin in April 2023, it drew attention to the ongoing challenge of generic drug shortages ...

An analysis of national data found that short-term mortality was not impacted for patients with advanced cancers during the shortage of the generic platinum chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Friday that 64 Part B drugs will have a reduced price for Medicare ...

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Researchers have used a new gold-based drug to slow tumor growth in animals by 82% and target cancers more selectively than standard chemotherapy drugs, according to a new study. A new gold-based ...

During a shortage of the generic platinum chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin that began in early 2023, there was no difference in mortality rates among patients with advanced cancer compared ...

GSK said on Friday the addition of its cancer drug Jemperli to both standard of care chemotherapy and Zejula maintenance ...

A new gold-based drug can slow tumor growth in animals by 82% and target cancers more selectively than standard chemotherapy drugs, according to a study by Australian and Indian researchers.

During the worst part of the shortage in June and July 2023, physicians swapped the usual drug for a substitute—sometimes one ...

lower than the prescribed and billed amount of chemotherapy drugs. A U.S. district court judge in Jackson, Mississippi, said he was "appalled" by Sachdeva's treatment of her patients at a ...

A “groundbreaking” drug which helps to prevent hearing loss among children undergoing cancer treatment has been given the green light for NHS use. Chemotherapy drug cisplatin is widely used to ...