7-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Still in Intensive Care After Receiving …

Published March 15, 2014

7-year-old cancer survivor still in intensive care after receiving …
Conventional treatments didn't help, so his doctors at St. Jude requested a "compassionate use" application to use brincidofovir, an experimental drug from a company called Chimerix which has yet to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The …
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Young cancer survivor's family pleads with company for experimental drug
His family can't get their hands on the only experimental treatment that might help him because a drug company, Chimerix, won't release it outside of clinical trials, CBS affiliate WTVR in Richmond, Va. reports. … after, his grandmother said, and …
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FDA chief defends Zohydro as criticism intensifies
Events Calendar · Best of Richmond · Links Mentioned On 8News; Connections … WASHINGTON (AP) – Debate over a powerful new painkiller ratcheted up Thursday as the head of the Food and Drug Administration defended the drug's approval and a West …
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