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Tag Archives: patient
National Patient Advocate Foundation: Cancer Patients are Being Left Behind
Roll Call published a commentary today by Nancy Davenport-Ennis of the National Patient Advocate Foundation on the effects of the sequester on cancer care. The op ed states that these ‘cuts are shown to directly impact patients through higher copayments, longer travel times and increased travel expenses, visits to multiple providers and locations for care and services, and delays seeking treatment even as cancer progresses.’ Despite these facts, some have called for even deeper cuts Read More >
Bringing Hope to Patients
No-one expected Hope Bartley to survive after she was born three months early. Thanks to extraordinary biotech medicine, she did. Alena Galan, age 14, is one of only a few thousand patients with a rare disease called MPS. Thanks to the hard work of leading biotech scientists and the approval of a new treatment, she now has a chance to lead a normal life. Lori Lober experienced the unthinkable when she was diagnosed with Stage Read More >
From Despair to Hope, a New World of Treatments
By David Welch, President and Senior Producer, M2 MultiMedia Communications Tonight, Wednesday March 28 at 9:00 EST, a documentary called From Despair to Hope, A New World of Treatments, will be broadcast on WUSA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. It is sponsored by the Biotechnology Industry Organization. For me, producing this program was a yet another profound reminder of the contributions of biotechnology companies that are helping millions of patients throughout the world live hopeful Read More >
