March 08, 1014 – The following article just appeared in PsyBlog and provides highly interesting reading in relation to newly discovered molecular mechanisms in the etiology of (possibly individualized) disease predispositions. Very exciting. The most common form of intellectual disability is caused by a mechanism which shuts …

Genetic Trigger Discovered For Most Common Form of Mental Disability and Autism Read more »

March 1, 2014 – Below please find an article just published in Medscape Oncology News. Since in the age of personalized or individualized medicine, personalization or individualization is so personal or individual to each one of the readers of this …

The Ethics of Personalized Medicine: A Philosopher’s Perspective Read more »

October 10, 2013 – Very recently, David Kerr, Professor of Cancer Medicine at University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom, and past President of the European Society for Medical Oncology, talked on Medscape (see the video here) about risk-benefit analyses …

Can We Identify Risk for Drug Toxicity? Read more »

July 18, 2013 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) very recently approved Gilotrif (afatinib) for patients with late stage (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors express specific types of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations, …

FDA approves new treatment for a type of late-stage lung cancer. Companion test also approved to identify appropriate patients Read more »

May 30, 2013 – From a Medscape News Release we learn today that two new drugs have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in certain patients with metastatic or unresectable melanoma, along with a …

Dabrafenib [Tafinalar] and Trametinib [Mekinist] Approved for BRAF V600 Mutated Metastatic Melanoma Read more »

May 14, 2013 – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the approval of the cobas EGFR Mutation Test, a companion diagnostic for the cancer drug Erlotinib (Tarceva). This is the first FDA-approved companion diagnostic that can detect …

FDA Approves Companion Genetic Diagnostic Test for Erlotinib [Tarceva] in NSCLC Read more »

June 11, 2012 – The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pertuzumab [Perjeta].  Pertuzumab [Perjeta] is approved in combination with Trastuzumab [Herceptin]  and docetaxel chemotherapy for the treatment of people with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC) who have …

FDA has approved Pertuzumab [Perjeta] in combination with Trastuzumab [Herceptin] and docetaxel chemotherapy for the treatment of people with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer Read more »

June 12, 2012 — Two diagnostic tests to identify HER2-positive breast cancer have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as companion diagnostics for the new targeted therapy Pertuzumab [Perjeta]. The tests — HercepTest and …

New Breast Cancer HER2 Diagnostic Tests Approved by FDA Read more »

February 03, 2012 – From a press release by the FDA, we just learn about e new success of the principle of personalized medicine. Please read the original article below: _______________________ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Kalydeco …

Ivacaftor [Kalydeco] approved by FDA to treat the rare G551D mutant positive form of cystic fibrosis Read more »

January 26, 2012 – I am relaying the information below by the EMA to the readers of this blog. It might be interessting to dwell into this concept paper (as a scientist, a treating physician, or an informed patient) for informations only or even …

EMA: Public consultation open on concept paper on pharmacogenomics in evaluation of authorised medicines Read more »