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OFFICERS 2010

President
Jeffery C. Ward, M.D.
Puget Sound Cancer Centers
Edmonds

Past President

Richard A. McGee, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Puget Sound Cancer Centers
Renton


Board Members
  Thomas E. Boyd, M.D.
  North Star Lodge
  Yakima

  
James Congdon, D.O.
  Providence Regional Cancer Partnership
  Everett
  Vicky E. Jones, M.D.
  North Star Lodge
  Yakima
  Kenneth G. Kraemer, M.D.
  Eastside Oncology Hematology
  Bellevue
 Ann E. Murphy
 Harrison HealthPartners
 Bremerton 
 John A. Thompson, M.D.
  Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
  Seattle
  Howard (Jack) West
  Swedish Cancer Institute
  Seattle
  Robert Witham, M.D. 
  Office of Robert R. Witham, MD, Inc., P.S.
  Port Angeles 

President Elect
Vincent J. Picozzi, Jr., M.D., MMM
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle

Secretary/Treasurer
Jonathan C. Britell, M.D.
Southlake Clinic
Renton

Oncology CAC Representatives
Jeffery C.Ward, M.D.
Puget Sound Cancer Centers
Edmonds
 

Richard A. McGee, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Puget Sound Cancer Centers
Edmonds


Hematology CAC Representatives
Jeffery C. Ward, M.D.
Puget Sound Cancer Centers
Edmonds
 

Richard A. McGee, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Puget Sound Cancer Centers
Edmonds


Executive Director
Risë Marie Cleland
Vancouver

Administrative Assistant
Liz Cleland
Vancouver

Sanofi-aventis Announces Jevtana Approval

Sanofi-aventis is pleased to announce that on June 17, 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Jevtana® (cabazitaxel) Injection.

In addition, as of July 19, 2010, Jevtana is now commercially available.

Product related billing information is provided below:

  • National Drug Codes (NDCs)
    • NDC Assigned:    00024-5824-11       
    • Packaging: Carton of one (1) Jevtana vial & one (1) Diluent vial

  • HCPCS Codes
    • J9999     Not otherwise classified (NOC) antineoplastic drugs
    • C9399    Unclassified drugs or biologicals

For more information on Jevtana, please click here for full prescribing information, including boxed WARNING.

Updated VELCADE Label Announced

On January 4, 2010 Millennium announced that the FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for VELCADE, which expands the label to include long-term overall survival data from the landmark VISTA trial and provides specific dosing recommendations for patients with hepatic impairment. the VISTA trial examined the use of VELCADE based therapy in patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma (MM). Click Here to read the press release, Click Here to read the Physician Announcement Letter



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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