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U.S. Senator Chides Pharmaceutical Company for Bumping $40 Drug with $2,000 Version
Contra Costa Times via Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP] Link to more items from this source
Nov. 30, 2007

Excerpt: Although it's not stopping the off-label use of [the company's $40 drug, Avastin], Genentech did announce in October a move that some fear will make it harder for physicians to prescribe the medication.... Some have asked Genentech to conduct a study comparing the effectiveness of [the company's $2,000 drug, Lucentis] and Avastin in treating [age-related macular degeneration], but the company has no plans to do so.  MORE >>

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