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Personalized Medicine News Headlines

May 2012
May 14 As PCORI Looks to Finalize Priorities, Commitment to Personalized Rx Remains Unclear
May 9 Third Rock's Levin calls for teamwork in personalized medicine
April 2012
April 21 The personalization of medicine
April 2 Personalized care: 'This is really the future of medicine'
March 2012
March 28 Cracking Your Genetic Code
March 21 In Public Comments, PMC Asks PCORI to be More Specific About How CER and Personalized Rx Align
March 16 Some Groups Call on Research Funding Group to Focus on Specific Medical Dilemmas
March 16 Slow and Steady
March 14 Synergy Amplified
March 1 The Clinic Draws Near
February 2012
February 6 Oracle announces new round of projects in IT, clinical trials
February 1 In Draft Research Agenda, PCORI Leaves Room for CER on Personalized Medicine, but Without Specifics
January 2012
January 31 FDA approves Kalydeco to treat rare form of cystic fibrosis
January 30 Personalized Medicine Marked by Innovation and Passion
January 30 Personalized medicine for the brain. A discussion with Brain Resource’s Evian Gordon
January 29 Medical-research cache in works
January 22 Patient's genome will enable custom, personalized medicine
December 2011
December 26 A Push to Tie New Drugs to Testing
December 19 On The Old Saw: That Personalized Medicine Will Cost Money In Theory But Will Be A Money-Saver In Practice*
December 9 Worldwide Medical Insurance News: Personalised medicine 'will continue to grow'
December 2 Leroy Hood and Personalized Medicine Day Featured on 11Alive news story in Atlanta NBC News
November 2011
November 25 The Case for Personalized Medicine: Interview with Edward Abrahams of PMC
November 25 Personalized Medicine and Public Policy
November 18 Personalized medicine’s opportunities and challenges for clinicians, business
November 16 72 Prominent Personalized Medicine Products Available; A Five-Fold Increase in Five Years
November 16 ELEVATE-TIMI 56: Clopidogrel 225 mg for patients with one loss-of-function allele
November 9 Congressional Leaders Expect to Give Personalized Medicine Act Another Shot
November 9 People in the News: Leroy Hood; James Karis; Jay Tenenbaum; Ruben Mesa
November 5 Tailored medicines 'a possibility'
October 2011
October 29 DNA testing could lead to expensive cancer drugs being approved
October 26 PMC's Analysis of European Reimbursement Systems IDs Barriers to Adoption of Individualized Medicine
October 13 Issue Brief Rates European Countries on Reimbursement Policies for New Personalized Medicine Technologies
September 2011
September 21 Draft Bill Seeks Personalized Rx Incentives via Exclusivity Extension, Improved Reimbursement
September 21 In 40 Years of Cancer Research, How Far Have We Come?
September 19 Anticipating Reintroduction of Eshoo Personalized Rx Bill, PMC Hopes to Boost its Chances with Fixes
August 2011
August 27 Pfizer Wins U.S. Approval for Lung Cancer Drug Seen as Filling Lipitor Gap
August 21 Qiagen expands manufacturing
August 10 VitaPath Genetics and Alere Announce Strategic Partnership for the Development of Molecular Diagnostics to Prevent Birth Defects
July 2011
July 19 In Information-Gathering Mode, CMS Undecided on Payment Structure for Genetic Tests
July 15 Personalized Medicine Expert Spielberg Tapped for Center Coordination in FDA Restructuring
July 8 Letter to the Editor: When Cancer-Test Research Proves False (see Edward Abrahams letter at the bottom of the page)
June 2011
June 9 Drugmakers' Commitment to Personalized Rx Growing Despite Barriers, PhRMA CEO Says
May 2011
May 25 Q&A: Forum on Personalized Health Care's Thomson on a Roadmap for Harnessing Disruptive Innovation
May 10 Panel: Tech not the only barrier to personalized medicine
April 2011
April 25 Comparative Effectiveness Research to Advance Personalized Rx in FDA's Five-Year Plan
April 18 On-target treatment: Op-Ed by Mara Aspinall and Brook Byers
April 11 Third Rock’s biggest bet ever is on cancer drugs
April Gene therapy spirals ahead
February 2011
February 8 A Dying Wish
February 2 PMC Applauds Brookings Institution Paper Highlighting Critical Needs in HIT Adoption
January 2011
January 21 Personalized Medicine: Translating "Potential" into Reality
January 19 FDA to improve most common review path for medical devices
January 12 2010 in Review: Genomic Medicine Experiences Growing Pains of Regulation, Economics, and Litigation
January 3 Personalized Medicine Coalition To Host Conference Examining New Role of Personalized Medicine in Cardiology
December 2010
December 20 Newsweek Interview with Dr. Francis Collins
December 8 Payors Weigh in on Interface of Personalized Medicine and Comparative Effectiveness Research
December 7 Personalized Medicine Advocates Urge Medicare to Update Reimbursement Systems
November 2010
November 16 Drug Companies Pursue Personalized Medicine Approach
October 2010
October 25 Most doctors are behind the learning curve on genetic tests
October 21 Personalized Medicine Coalition Award for Leadership to be Awarded Moffitt Cancer Center CEO
September 2010
September 24 CER Institute Names Board of Governors, Among Them Personalized Rx Supporters
September 23 Personalized Medicine Coalition Nominee Selected For PCORI Board of Governors
September 23 HHS Will Not Renew SACGHS Charter, Ending Committee's Decade-Long Tenure in October
September 20 PMC President Edward Abrahams Letter to the New York Times
September 20 FDA Official Offers Advice on Regulatory Path for Companion Diagnostics
September 15 FDA continues scrutiny of DTC genetic tests
September 1 Personalized Medicine: No Longer Ahead of Its Time?
August 2010
August 23 The IOM's Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health Workshop Summary: The Value of Genetic and Genomic Technologies
August 1 Healthcare Reform Affects Cancer on Many Fronts - Published in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer
July 2010
July 21 DTC Genomics Gets Time Before FDA as Agency Considers Regulatory Strategy
July 20 FDA Keeping All Ideas in Play in Soliciting Public Comments on LDT Regulation
July 19 FDA Weighs Rules for Consumer Genetic Tests
July 13 A Turning Point for Genetic Testing
June 2010
June 28 Narrow Ruling in Bilski Is a Win for Dx Developers, Despite Ambiguity on Gene-Patent Questions
June 24 Francis Collins: the extended genome anniversary interview
June 17 Riding the Wave
June 16 Startup to Offer Patients a Genetic Profile of their Cancer
June 15 The Path to Personalized Medicine by Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., and Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
June 15 Personalized medicine and the future of pharmacy
June 2 New Kennedy/Eshoo Personalized Medicine Bill Tackles Hot Topics in PGx
May 2010
May 21 Gov't unveils $1b biomedical tax credit
May 11 Walgreens to sell personal gene tests
May 4 Targeted Therapy: It's All About Me
April 2010
April 28 Advances in Personalized Medicine Take Center Stage at First-of-Its-Kind International Conference
April 28 Resuscitation Uncertain: Can Debiopharm Help Revive Pfizer's Failed Melanoma Drug?
April 22 International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation and XDx Announce Results of IMAGE Study
April 19 Health Reform Law Creates, Funds Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute
April 9 Growing focus: Making the drug fit the disease
April 6 Duke, Durham’s CancerGuide in alliance
April 6 Combing Medical Records for Research
April 3 Future $710 million genetics lab in Collier may one day benefit residents here
April 1 OSU Team Develops New Approach for Personalized Warfarin Treatment
March 2010
March 31 Has the revolution arrived? Francis Collins
March 31 Experts Assess Progress and Challenges After a Decade of Human Genomics
March 29 Discovery May Lead to Better Multiple Sclerosis Treatments
March 22 Personalized Medicine Poised to Become Part of US Healthcare Reform Plan
March 18 Video interview with Francis Collins: Can a gene test change your life?
March 17 Large study aims to advance personalized breast cancer drugs
March 16 DNA Test May Cut Hospitalizations Caused by Blood Thinner
March 12 Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Strengthen Warning on Plavix
March 11 Medicine's Future Could Lie in Each Patient's Genome
March 10 Scripps Spearheads New Association to Create Online 'Genomic Medicine University' to Educate Physicians
March 10 Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome
March 8 Regulatory Workaround, Not Statutory Changes, Better For Personalized Medicine Development, FDA Commissioner Hamburg Says (Pink Sheet Subscription Required)
March 8 NIH Plans $24M for Lung Cancer-COPD Genotype, Phenotype Studies
March 3 Commissioner Enhances FDA’s Commitment to Personalized Medicine
March 3 FDA Chief Commits to Completing Rx/Dx Codevelopment Guidance This Year, Improving Regulatory Science
March 2 Gene test aid to cancer treatment
March 2 Personalized Medicine Could Shake Up Pharma
March 1 Policy: FDA Takes On Personalized Medicine
February 2010
February 25 FDA creates partnership to boost regulatory science
February 1 Life Science Leader: The Potential Of Personalized Medicine
January 2010
January 29 New York Times: Genetics Web Sites Win Online Award
January 29 Getting Personal
January 29 NIDA Plans $10M for Addiction Genomics Research
January 28 Personalized Medicine Experts Say the Future of Healthcare is Here Today
January 28 Life Technologies, Ignite Institute Team on Sequencing; Ignite Buys 100 New SOLiD Systems
January 27 Is Personalized Medicine Anti-Establishment?
January 27 Q&A: Vanderbilt's Roden Discusses Use of EMRs to Find Gene Variants Linked to Drug Response
January 25 Research seeks cause of childhood cancers
January 25 Boston Globe: Personalized prescription
January 22 What Does OIVD's Re-org and Director's Vow of 'Huge Changes' Mean for Clinical Molecular Labs?
January 21 BusinessWeek: Making Personalized Medicine Pay
January 18 Federal Funds to Support Infrastructure at New Penn State PGx Center
January 13 Will 2009 Be Remembered as the Year Personalized Medicine Went Mainstream?
January 13 Q&A: UNC's McCleod Discusses 'Practical' Approach to Bringing Pharmacogenetics to All Countries
January 12 Illumina Unveils System to Cut Genome Sequencing Costs
January 11 Troponin Assays for Diagnosing Myocardial Infarction
January 7 2020 Visions-Personalized Medicine (See third article in the list)
January 6 Francis Collins and the Secrets of Personalized Medicine
January 6 Kidney cancer proves more complicated than thought
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