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Tag Archives: breast cancer
Breast Cancer and Biotechnology: Bigger Than Pink
By David Welch, President/Senior Producer at M2 MultiMedia It had been five years since I produced Biotechnology: Knowledge Serving Life, a video that featured breast cancer patient Lori Lober and her then five year anniversary of being cancer free. Diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer in 2000 Lori had been admitted to an advanced clinical trial for a promising new biologic. Today, Lori credits her treatment for helping to save her life. During the Read More >
Confessions of a Cancer-Free Cancer Patient
By Sandra Dennis, Deputy General Counsel for Healthcare, the Biotechnology Industry Organization October is breast cancer awareness month. As a dear friend said to me recently — it’s a whole month? She also despises the whole pink ribbon thing. I didn’t dare mention to her that there’s a breast cancer stamp. While it could suggest a lack of empathy, she was treated for breast cancer several years ago, so she speaks from the perspective of Read More >
Biotechnology Delivers Medical Discoveries to Benefit Women Facing Breast Cancer
By Marc S. Hurlbert, Ph.D., Executive Director, Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade The field of breast cancer has witnessed remarkable progress due to dedicated biotechnology and academic scientists, advocates, patients, nurses and physicians. Sixty years ago, a woman diagnosed with early stage breast cancer had less than a 55 percent chance of living 10 years, while today those odds are greater than 85 percent. We have made great advances in detecting cancer early with imaging including Read More >
BIO Investor Forum Company Snapshot: Syndax Pharmaceuticals
Next up in our Company Snapshot segment for the BIO Investor Forum is another presenting company of the event. Hear from Joanna Horobin, President & CEO of Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Company Snapshot What are the short-term and long-term priorities for your company? Near-term we are focused on moving our lead product candidate, entinostat, in to a phase 3 clinical trial for post-menopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Long-term our goal is Read More >
“The Ultimate Pig”
The 7th Transgenic Animal Conference held this week in Tahoe, Calif. came to a close today. But not before the “buzz” was felt about the advances in the area of genetic engineering (GE) of pigs for advancing human health. Researchers from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, and the United States astounded the over 100 scientists in the audience with their findings on GE pigs. GE pigs are successfully being studied that will serve as animal models for Read More >
