NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - Prostate cancer vaccine Provenge has long incited passions unlike any other cancer therapy. Doctors who raised doubts about it received death threats. Health regulators ...

November 18, 2010 — The prostate cancer vaccine sipuleucel-T (Provenge, Dendreon) received a middling vote of confidence for its on-label use and what amounted to a thumbs-down vote for its off-label ...

WASHINGTON - Medicare officials confirmed Thursday that the program will cover the $93,000 price tag for prostate-cancer drug Provenge, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from an ...

Dendreon filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after sales of Provenge fell way short of expectations and the company could not pay off a huge debt coming due. By Andrew Pollack Costly treatments ...

WASHINGTON - A first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease received federal approval Thursday, offering an important alternative to more taxing ...

Medicare officials said Wednesday that the program will pay the $93,000 cost of prostate cancer drug Provenge, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from an incurable stage of the ...

Medicare will pay $93,000 for the drug Provenge, a therapy that typically gives men suffering from prostate cancer an extra four months to live ["Medicare to pay for Provenge," News, March 31]. And ...