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Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Petition · Protest High Cancer Drug Prices so all Patients with Cancer have Access to Affordable Drugs



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 Protest High Cancer Drug Prices so all Patients with Cancer have Access to Affordable Drugs to Save their Lives

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 Speak Out About Rising Cancer Drug Prices, Group of Oncology Experts Urges
 
Oncology experts supported a patient-driven online petition asking Congress to give the government, patients and other stakeholders more power when it comes to negotiating prices for cancer drugs.


BY TONY HAGEN
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

If you’re a patient with cancer or an advocate for that community and you have thoughts on the rising costs of treatment, it’s time to make your voice heard. That’s the opinion of 118 well-known cancer experts who have come together to spotlight the issue.
In a July 23 commentary published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the oncology experts supported a patient-driven online petition asking Congress to give the government, patients and other stakeholders more power when it comes to negotiating prices for cancer drugs. The petition can be found on Change.org at http://chn.ge/1DCWT1M.
“A cancer patient–based grassroots movement that advocates against the high price of cancer drugs can accomplish a great deal,” wrote the experts in the commentary, which outlines their recommended drug pricing reforms.
The authors suggest that advocates model their efforts on the movement by HIV/AIDS activists in the late 1980s and 1990s, which helped to spur faster drug development and broaden access to promising experimental drugs.......



Speak Out About Rising Cancer Drug Prices, Group of Oncology Experts Urges

Oncology experts supported a patient-driven online petition asking Congress to give the government, patients and other stakeholders more power when it comes to negotiating prices for cancer drugs.
BY TONY HAGEN
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015
Talk about this article with other patients, caregivers, and advocates in the General Discussions CURE discussion group.
If you’re a patient with cancer or an advocate for that community and you have thoughts on the rising costs of treatment, it’s time to make your voice heard. That’s the opinion of 118 well-known cancer experts who have come together to spotlight the issue.

In a July 23 commentary published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the oncology experts supported a patient-driven online petition asking Congress to give the government, patients and other stakeholders more power when it comes to negotiating prices for cancer drugs. The petition can be found on Change.org at http://chn.ge/1DCWT1M.

“A cancer patient–based grassroots movement that advocates against the high price of cancer drugs can accomplish a great deal,” wrote the experts in the commentary, which outlines their recommended drug pricing reforms.

The authors suggest that advocates model their efforts on the movement by HIV/AIDS activists in the late 1980s and 1990s, which helped to spur faster drug development and broaden access to promising experimental drugs.
- See more at: http://www.curetoday.com/articles/speak-out-about-rising-cancer-drug-prices-group-of-oncology-experts-urges?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Cure+Today&utm_campaign=CURExtra%5Femail%5F8%2D5%2D15#sthash.3LZfPSad.dpuf

Speak Out About Rising Cancer Drug Prices, Group of Oncology Experts Urges

Oncology experts supported a patient-driven online petition asking Congress to give the government, patients and other stakeholders more power when it comes to negotiating prices for cancer drugs.
BY TONY HAGEN
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015
Talk about this article with other patients, caregivers, and advocates in the General Discussions CURE discussion group.
If you’re a patient with cancer or an advocate for that community and you have thoughts on the rising costs of treatment, it’s time to make your voice heard. That’s the opinion of 118 well-known cancer experts who have come together to spotlight the issue.

In a July 23 commentary published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the oncology experts supported a patient-driven online petition asking Congress to give the government, patients and other stakeholders more power when it comes to negotiating prices for cancer drugs. The petition can be found on Change.org at http://chn.ge/1DCWT1M.

“A cancer patient–based grassroots movement that advocates against the high price of cancer drugs can accomplish a great deal,” wrote the experts in the commentary, which outlines their recommended drug pricing reforms.

The authors suggest that advocates model their efforts on the movement by HIV/AIDS activists in the late 1980s and 1990s, which helped to spur faster drug development and broaden access to promising experimental drugs.
- See more at: http://www.curetoday.com/articles/speak-out-about-rising-cancer-drug-prices-group-of-oncology-experts-urges?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Cure+Today&utm_campaign=CURExtra%5Femail%5F8%2D5%2D15#sthash.3LZfPSad.dpuf

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