Cancer
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Plymouth Township Sergeant Joins Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run After Beating Cancer
After an arduous battle with cancer, Plymouth Township Patrol Sgt. Rocco Wack was overjoyed to take part in the Independence…
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Horsham Overseer of Safe Medication Practices Issues Guidance for Pharmacists
Horsham’s Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has developed a specific, consensus-bases set of guidelines to increase the safety rate…
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Norristown Woman Works Hard to Walk Again After Diagnosis of Rare Cancer of the Foot
Thirty-five-year-old Maria Pagnotta’s medical mystery appeared harmless at first. The Norristown resident was a routine runner, often logging ten mile…
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Harleysville Woman with Rare Form of Melanoma Credits Clinical Trials for Life-Saving Treatment
If there were no clinical trials, Stephanie Heart of Harleysville would not have access to the life-saving medication that helped…
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Elkins Park Foundation Provides ‘Breathing Room’ to Families Fighting Cancer
Elkins Park-based Breathing Room Foundation, founded by the late Diane Fitzgerald and her husband, Bernie, helps families cope with the…
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Merck To Pay $2.7B For Biopharmaceutical Company Developing Therapies For Cancer, Rare Diseases
Merck, which has over 10,000 employees in Montgomery County, has entered into a deal to buy ArQule, a biopharmaceutical company…
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San Jose-Based Anpac Bio Is Expanding to East Coast, Plans to Move Headquarters to Lower Gwynedd
Anpac Bio, a biotechnology firm based in San Jose, is planning to move its headquarters to a newly- constructed office…
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After Terminal Diagnoses, Skippack Native Heads on Cross-Country Trip to Spread Awareness of Ovarian Cancer
After receiving a terminal diagnosis, Skippack native Donna Wiegle, decided to hop on her Harley Davidson and head out on…
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Pet Valu to donate all proceeds from self-serve dog washes to Animal Cancer Foundation
Approximately 6 million new cancer diagnoses are made in dogs and cats annually, according to the Animal Cancer Foundation (ACF), a non-profit organization…
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Leach wants marijuana convictions erased for patients
A Pennsylvania legislator introduced a bill Monday that would give medical marijuana patients a chance of expunging a conviction of…
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Phillies Legend Partners with Merck
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly and Pro Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt – two legendary athletes whose…
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Combination of Merck, Incyte Cancer Treatments Shows Promising Results
A new study combining the use of Merck’s Keytruda cancer treatment with Incyte’s immune-oncology drug Epacadostat, is showing promising results…
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