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Article: Company To Provide Start-Up Program for Oncology Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- February 8, 2000
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2000 FEB 8 - (NewsRx.com) --
Coram Prescription Services (CPS), the Orlando, Florida-based specialty mail order pharmaceutical division of Coram Healthcare, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Roche Laboratories, Inc, to conduct a patient-start program for the oral oncology medication, Xeloda.
Under the agreement, which became effective January 1, 2000, CPS will provide, upon physician prescription, a starter kit with medications. CPS also will offer patients counseling on dosing as well as other information and assistance, as needed.
The patient-start program is sponsored by Roche, makers of Xeloda. Xeloda is indicated for ...