An interesting signal from CMS as “the good guy”

As many in the prostate cancer community will be aware, there has been a major battle ongoing over whether the drug bevacizumab (Avastin) should continue to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of women with metastatic breast cancer.

CMS proposes Medicare coverage for Provenge

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed yesterday that there is sufficient and adequate evidence to conclude that the use of autologous cellular immunotherapy treatment — sipuleucel-T (Provenge®) – improves health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries

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