Posts Tagged: "cryotherapy"

FTC cracking down on bogus health products

The federal regulatory agency in charge of assessing health claims for goods and services sold to American consumers is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. government’s main consumer protection agency. In the past few months alone, the FTC has taken action against a number of bogus health products which may seem obviously suspicious at first blush but have been successful in defrauding well-meaning consumers out of their money.

Steve Brachmann

November 25, 2015

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Exelixis drugs to aid in fight against kidney cancer

Bristol-Myers Squibb was able to move on in clinical trials of its cancer drug Opvido more quickly than anticipated after kidney cancer patients who were administered the medication showed superior overall survival compared to those patients who were not on an Opvido regimen. Opvido, which has already been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of advanced melanomas and lung cancers, is an inhibitor of the protein known as programmed cell death protein 1, or PD-1. PD-1 inhibits the response of T cell lymphocytes, making it more difficult for an immune system to target a tumor.

Steve Brachmann

August 4, 2015