January 2014

FOB: Follow on Biologics or Full of Baloney?

FOB: Follow-on Biologics or Full of Baloney? By Leonard Zwelling        The two links below do a good job outlining the problem.        It will come as no shock to the oncologists out there that biologic agents like proteins and antibodies extracted from living systems like cells in culture are valuable agents in the treatment …

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RESENTMENT

Resentment By Leonard Zwelling “Resentment is when you take the poison and wait for the other guy to die”          This is a quote from Carrie Fisher from her one-woman show Wishful Drinking. I was fortunate enough to see it twice for Ms. Fisher is a singular force of Hollywood nature with a pedigree that …

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A SAD JOKE

A Sad Joke: Did You Hear the One About the 5 White Guys That Walk Into an Executive Suite? By Leonard Zwelling          And you thought it couldn’t get any worse.          The Cancer Letter (January 17, 2014) reports that Dan Fontaine has done exactly what this blog predicted he would do only a few …

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MORE MANDATORY READING FROM TODAY’S NY TIMES

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/health/patients-costs-skyrocket-specialists-incomes-soar.html?hp&_r=0 If you want to understand the lack of sympathy for doctors that so characterizes the health care reform debate, read this superb piece by Elisabeth Rosenthal from today’s NY Times. You think the government is out of control? So are we and the hospitals at which we work. Keep in mind, once you understand …

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We’ll Cross That Bridge…Oops! We’re There!

We’ll Cross That Bridge When We…oops! We’re There! By Leonard Zwelling          How many times have we seen this movie before?          Must I go through another session of disillusion with Chris Christie as the star in this reprise of “All the Governor’s Men”?  Here was a guy who I was sure would at least …

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