BMJ  2005;331:796 (8 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.796

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Woman wins right to breast cancer drug: A woman with early stage breast cancer has won the right to be treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin), even though the drug is licensed only for metastatic disease. Barbara Clarke, 49, from Bridgwater, Somerset, won an appeal to the exceptional treatment panel of the Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust because she has a child with a life limiting condition.

Inquiry starts into resignation of FDA commissioner: Senators Michael Enzi (Republican) and Edward Kennedy (Democrat) have begun an inquiry into the abrupt resignation of Lester Crawford as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration ( BMJ 2005;331: 713[Free Full Text], 1 Oct).

Researchers are funded to find "genetic signposts" for eight diseases: The Wellcome Trust has given £9m ($16m; 13m) to identify the genetic variations associated with common diseases. The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium will analyse thousands of DNA samples from patients . . . [Full text of this article]

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