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		<title>FDA Finds More Counterfeit Cancer Drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) has found more counterfeit cancer drugs, it said. A prior international counterfeit Avastin investigation spanned from California, to Turkey, to Egypt. This new scam also involves a batch of counterfeit Avastin—a cancer medication &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/fda-finds-more-counterfeit-cancer-drugs/36564">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Counterfeit Avastin Highlights Weak Drug Protections</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent counterfeit Avastin debacle highlights the issue with weak drug protections. The international investigation spanned from California, to Turkey, to Egypt. Avastin is a cancer medication manufactured by Roche. Many are concerned that as drug counterfeiters fine-tune their practices, &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/counterfeit-avastin-highlights-weak-drug-protections/36133">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt May Have Been Source For Counterfeit Avastin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt may have been the source for counterfeit Avastin recently discovered at U.S. health care facilities and prompting the maker of the cancer drug to warn doctors and patients about the bogus medicines. Now, authorities are trying to determine if &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/egypt-may-have-been-source-for-counterfeit-avastin/35762">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Counterfeit Avastin Discovered At U.S. Health Facilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Counterfeit Avastin was just discovered at U.S. health care facilities, prompting the maker of the cancer drug to warn doctors and patients about the bogus medications. According to Roche’s Genentech, the fake Avastin does not contain the key ingredient in &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/counterfeit-avastin-discovered-at-u-s-health-facilities/35705">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Announces Final Decision to Revoke Avastin Breast Cancer Decision</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/fda-announces-final-decision-to-revoke-avastin-breast-cancer-decision/34259</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) had revoked its approval of Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer. In doing so, the FDA concluded that Avastin was not a safe or effective treatment for breast cancer. â€œThis &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/fda-announces-final-decision-to-revoke-avastin-breast-cancer-decision/34259">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors Reconsider Avastin Eye Injections amid Infection Fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several clusters of blinding eye infections have some doctors rethinking the common practice of using Avastin off-label to treat wet, age related macular degeneration. According to a report from The New York Times, some physicians are now worried that using &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/doctors-reconsider-avastin-eye-injections-amid-infection-fears/33766">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Avastin Label Updated to Include Ovarian Failure, Other Side Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The label for the cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) has been updated to include a warning that it may impact a woman&#8217;s fertility. According to a notice posted on the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) website, the Avastin label will &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/avastin-label-updated-to-include-ovarian-failure-other-side-effects/33590">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>VA Says No Avastin Eye Injections Pending Infection Probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has stopped using the cancer drug Avastin to treat age-related, wet macular degeneration, following reports that this off-label use of Avastin may have caused potentially-blinding eye infections in some patients. According to a Reuters &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/va-says-no-avastin-eye-injections-pending-infection-probe/33407">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Urged to Consider Avastin for Eye Treatments, Despite Infection Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avastin could soon become Medicare&#8217;s drug-of-choice for treating wet, age-related macular degeneration, even though it has been associated with serious eye infections when used this way. Moving from Lucentis to Avastin would allow Medicare to save half a billion dollars &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/medicare-urged-to-consider-avastin-for-eye-treatments-despite-infection-risk/33369">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five More Avastin Eye Infections Reported, This Time in Los Angeles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five more patients have suffered serious, blinding eye infections following injections of the cancer drug Avantis to treat wet macular degeneration. According to The New York Times, all five of the infections occurred last month in people who received Avastin &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/five-more-avastin-eye-infections-reported-this-time-in-los-angeles/33099">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Avastin Eye Injections Caused Infections, Blindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cancer drug Avastin has caused a cluster of serious eye infections in the Miami, Florida area, according to the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA). According to a warning to healthcare professionals issued yesterday, a pharmacy had repacked the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/avastin-eye-injections-caused-infections-blindness/33066">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Panel Rejects Avastin for Breast Cancer a Second Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A panel of Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) advisors has again rejected Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer. In a 6-0 vote, the FDA oncology panel ruled for a second time that Avastin is not clinically beneficial, effective or &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/fda-panel-rejects-avastin-for-breast-cancer-a-second-time/31982">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Avastin Woes Prompt Breast Cancer Group to Change Its Position</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major advocacy group for breast cancer patients is backing away from promoting the controversial drug, Avastin, for use in new patients. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the new stance by the Susan G. Komen Race &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/recent-avastin-woes-prompt-breast-cancer-group-to-change-its-position/28152">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Avastin Study Finds Increased Death Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer patients treated with Avastin are 50 percent more likely to die than those treated with chemotherapy alone, according to a new study. The same study found that when patients are treated with Avastin and certain chemotherapy drugs &#8211; taxanes &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/pharmaceuticals/avastin/avastin-study-finds-increased-death-risk/28104">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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