> Today marks the start of the annual ASCO. Here's a round-up of some of the news coming out of the conference. ASCO report [1]
> More from the Web-marketing frontier, where portals and blogs are passé: An Arizona entrepreneur is working up a site where cancer doctors and drugmakers can mix and mingle. Report [2]
> Pharmacy records could soon become an open book in California. Yesterday, the state Senate passed a bill allowing pharmacies to sell patient info to third-party firms working for drugmakers. Report [3]
> Eli Lilly says it's making progress with the FDA on approval of its long-acting, injectable form of Zyprexa. FDA report [4]
And Finally... Solving the mystery of why type 1 diabetes is so prevalent in Finland could be the key to teasing out the causes of the disease. Report [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/asco-already-churning-out-news/2008-05-30
[2] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/networking-site-link-cancer-docs-pharma/2008-05-30
[3] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/calif-senate-oks-sale-pharmacy-records/2008-05-30
[4] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/lilly-fda-ironing-out-zyprexa-shot-problems/2008-05-30
[5] http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19826584.000-finnish-epidemic-offers-clues-to-diabetes.html