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"Caution" All Gleevec Patients, Please Read This!

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Click here for some very good videos about CML and Gleevec (STI571)
"FAQ" Frequently Asked Questions about Gleevec (STI571)
Gleevec Trials information from the National Institutes of Health

Medicare does not cover Gleevec...Please Read This !!!

Medicare does not presently cover oral drugs for cancer such as Gleevec. Rep. Deborah Pyrce (R-Ohio) has introduced a bill (HR1624 Click here for information about the bill) which will authorize Medicare to cover these drugs. This bill is presently being debated in Congress. Please contact your Representatives and Senators and ask them to cosponsor this bill so that the many Medicare patients who need Gleevec or other oral cancer drugs which are soon to be developed may have access to them. Telephone calls and postal letters are the most effective followed by emails. You can find contact information for your Representatives and Senators at this link Click Here for Contact Information.

Below is a list of links to news and information about Gleevec (STI571). The material is sorted by date. Use the arrows at the bottom of the page to navigate. 

Date: 4/10/2001
Source: News Interactive
Type of Material: News Story
Title: Anti-cancer pill hope
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Date: 4/6/2001
Source: Cancer Trials (National Cancer Institute)
Type of Material: Article
Title: Background on STI-571 (Glivec)
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Date: 3/1/2001
Source: CNN
Type of Material: News Story
Title: Cancer pill speeds through testing
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Date: 3/1/2001
Source: Novartis
Type of Material: Press Release
Title: Novartis Oncology Submits Marketing Applications Globally for Glivec
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Date: 2/5/2001
Source: Forbes
Type of Material: News Story
Title: Reviving Novartis
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Date: 1/22/2001
Source: Cancer Trials (National Cancer Institute)
Type of Material: Article
Title: Trials Will Test STI-571 (Glivec) in More Cancers
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Date: 12/31/2000
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Type of Material: News Story
Title: Experimental drug shows promise in leukemia battle
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Date: 12/15/2000
Source: Medscape
Type of Material: Summary
Title: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Making Real Progress By Dr. Moshe Talpaz (To view, you must complete a short (free) registration at Medscape.)
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Date: 12/5/2000
Source: USA Today
Type of Material: News Story
Title: Leukemia drug heralded as breakthrough
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Date: 12/4/2000
Source: Oncology.com
Type of Material: News Story
Title: Expanded Role Seen for Breakthrough Leukemia Drug
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