* Roche set to compete with established GSK combination * Similar results with BRAF/MEK cocktails in melanoma * Different side effects may determine choice of regimen * Shares in Roche's biotech partner Exelixis jump 20 pct (Adds Exelixis share price jump, more on treatment de
Read more(Repeats story, text unchanged) * Ebola emergency demands speed, more risk in vaccine tests * Vaccines will be evaluated at same time as being deployed * Issues of placebos and control groups need consideration * WHO sees small-scale vaccine use in W. Africa by Jan 2015
Read more* Similar results with BRAF/MEK combinations in melanoma * Different side effects may determine choice of regimen By Ben Hirschler MADRID, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Rival two-pill combinations for melanoma from Roche and GlaxoSmithKline have yielded similar results in separate clinica
Read more* Ebola emergency demands speed, more risk in vaccine tests * Vaccines will be evaluated at same time as being deployed * Issues of placebos and control groups need consideration * WHO sees small-scale vaccine use in W. Africa by Jan 2015 By Kate Kelland, Health and Scienc
Read moreBy Ben Hirschler MADRID, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Using vaccines to fight cancer is a field littered with failures but experts believe it is possible the approach could get a new lease of life if such shots are combined with a new class of drugs called checkpoint inhibitors. Unlike traditi
Read more* WHO focused on candidate GSK, Newlink shots if shown safe * Few hundred doses of ZMapp expected by year-end * Blood transfusions, serum from survivors offer best hope (updates with new death toll in 2nd para) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The World H
Read more* WHO focused on candidate GSK, Newlink shots if shown safe * Few hundred doses of ZMapp expected by year-end * Blood transfusions, serum from survivors offer best hope By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday it e
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