Category Archives: In the News

Blog Buzz: February 22 – March 8

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Curious about the big Health Systems Meeting? What has the White House announced about Open Access? What is this “Nightmare Bacteria” in the news? All in this dose of blog buzz…

  • In encouraging Open Access news, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a policy memo on February 22 in support of enhanced public access to federally funded research. The White House Blog has links to the full text memo and Chief Science Advisor Dr. John Holdren’s response to the We The People petition. Open Access advocate Peter Suber wrote this post explaining the difference between the White House announcement and the proposed FASTR legislation.
  • National Geographic’s Phenomena blog has a great post from journalist Carl Zimmer explaining recent coverage of “Nightmare Bacteria”.

MSKCC in the News: February 21 – March 6

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  • Initiated by Zanofi’s decision to cut in half the price of Zaltrap after MSKCC said it would not use the drug because it was too expensive, the Health Affairs Blog examines how the “buy and bill” pricing system works, and how it operates in the case of Zaltrap.
  • Medgadget reports that IBM’s work with WellPoint and MSKCC on the development of Watson has progressed beyond concept. Now, hospitals and other provider institutions who sign up can buy or rent Watson’s advice from the cloud or their own server.
  • The Digital Journal announced that physicians at MSKCC will begin the “first-in-man” drug therapy on mesothelioma patients.