| OSI's anti-cancer drug Tarceva launches in Japan next week
The anti-cancer drug Tarceva will be launched and covered under Japan's National Health Insurance starting Tuesday, the Melville-based drug maker OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced Friday. The drug is now available in 83 countries, including the United States and European Union.
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Tarceva in October for patients with some forms of lung cancer where chemotherapy has failed. "We are pleased that lung cancer patients in Japan will now have access to Tarceva, which has been proven to offer a survival benefit with a well-described side-effect profile," said Gabriel Leung, president for oncology at OSI.
OSI manufactures and distributes Tarceva through partnerships with Genentech and Roche. The drug will be marketed in Japan by Roche affiliate Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.
Bernard Fernandez: Rematch for Pavlik, Taylor this weekend in Vegas
This is going to be a rerun of the [Muhammad] Ali and Bert Cooper fight. He was British, wasn't he?" Well, left-hooking, gash-prone heavyweight Henry Cooper was a beloved British fighter who did, indeed, square off with Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, in 1963. Good old 'Enery even floored "The Greatest" before he was inevitably stopped on cuts in five rounds. But Bert Cooper is the former fringe heavyweight contender from Philadelphia who had then-champ Evander Holyfield in trouble in their 1991 bout before losing on a seventh-round TKO. Family feud There was nothing particularly unusual about last week's announcement that Demetrius Hopkins (28-0-1, 11 KOs), the junior welterweight contender from North Philadelphia, had signed with a new manager, Cameron Dunkin.
Israel arrests Palestine ministers
Yesterday, aircraft pounded suspected weapons factories and empty areas, the military said, while Gazans reported that military bulldozers razed their homes and land. Air strikes also targeted militant training camps. Residents said an Israeli Apache helicopter fired a missile at an electrical appliances store near Khan Younis before daybreak. Inside, computers, refrigerators and other appliances were charred, and owner Majid Abu Daqua, 40, said he lost more than $60,000 worth of equipment. Israel said the shop was used to store and manufacture rockets and other weapons. Israeli military bulldozers razed several houses and about 10 hectares of land overnight near the Sufa crossing between Israel and Gaza near the southern tip of the coastal strip, residents said.
Third of malpractice suits are related to surgery: foundation
Nearly one in three medical malpractice disputes that the Taiwan Health Reform Foundation dealt with last year involved harm done during surgery, a spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said that the foundation had received 471 pleas over medical disputes last year. In 12 key dispute points, the most common occurrences include surgery-caused deaths, injury and wound infections, as well as malpractice, such as misplacing a surgical tool in the patient's body. Other dispute points related to malpractice include bad communications between patients and doctors, diagnosis mistakes, prescription mistakes, case history forgery and other administrative mistakes, the spokesman said. Meanwhile, statistics from the Department of Health's (DOH) Bureau of Medical Affairs shows that its medical affairs review committee had completed probes into 5,381 medical disputes between the 1987 when the Medical Services Act (k) went into effect and the end of last year.
Al Dua'a unveils The Plaza
Dubai-based Al-Dua'a Holdings has announced the launch of The Plaza, a Dhs500m ($136m) project, reported Khaleej Times. The mixed use development consists of offices, residential and retail elements designed to reflect the sustainable development needs of Dubai. In addition to The Plaza, Al-Dua'a Holdings, which was established in 2007 in Dubai, has launched two other projects: Al-Dua'a Marina which offers luxurious apartments and town houses, and Al-Dua'a Garden, which features wide open spaces, landscaped gardens and waterworks. .
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