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The Real Problem With Withdrawing Avastin


January 19th, 2011
by Paul Howard

In late December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked approval of the cancer drug Avastin for metastatic breast cancer. The decision set off a firestorm of reaction: the right condemned the denial of a potential life-saving drug for breast cancer patients, while the left cheered the withdrawal of an expensive drug that seemed to offer little... Read the rest of this entry »

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