Kirk Hartley
Changing the Game Against Cancer – Time for New Thinking
The former CEO and President of Eli Lilly offers thoughts on changing the game against cancer in a Wall Street Journal op-ed article. The...
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Kirk Hartley
- Feb 4, 2014
- 2 min
World Cancer Day 2014 – Data on New Cancers and Deaths
IARC and the UN deem February 4 World Cancer Day. Therefore, some statistics on the rampant growth of cancer. As in the past, everyone is...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jan 1, 2014
- 1 min
Pro Bono Advocacy Opportunities for Persons with Cancer – Maybe a New Resolution for 2014?
And so a new year arrives, with new opportunities. For lawyers interested in new pro bono advocacy for 2014, how about assisting persons...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 25, 2013
- 1 min
Honoring Others at Christmas – Cancer-related Giving
Christmas Day – a time for peace, joy, love and hope. Imagine, however, how the day feels if you are a parent, sibling or friend of James...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 23, 2013
- 1 min
Until Year End, 2x Match for Donations to Mesothelioma Research at MARF
Tis the season for donating to mesothelioma research, and obtaining a 2 for 1 match on your contribution, until year end. Where? At MARF...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 8, 2013
- 2 min
Reasons to Invest in Science – So Many Blood Cancers, and New Hope from Great New Science R
(The picture above shows one of two halls used for poster sessions at ASH 2013. The picture is courtesy of Pieter Droppert, who writes...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 2, 2013
- 10 min
Adoption of New MicroRNA Technology for Cancers
One part of change is creating great new scientific findings and related products. Another part relates to adoption and translation into...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 20, 2013
- 1 min
Case Report on Simultaneous Lung Cancer and Localized Mesoethelioma
A new case report may be of interest for asbestos lawyers. The report is online in full at no cost. The abstract is pasted below....
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 15, 2013
- 1 min
Fall Out from Myriad – New Gene Patent Testing and Prices Are Starting to Fall
Quest is out with news that it will sell a BRACA gene patent test for 40% less than Myriad’s BRACA gene patent test. Meanwhile, Mryiad...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 10, 2013
- 2 min
AML, Lung Cancer, Benzene, Smoking and Epigenetics – More Evidence that Epigenetics Matters
Epigenetic changes and cancer continue to tie together. A new example arises from CEBPA. It’s a gene. The purpose of CEBPA is to cause...
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Kirk Hartley
- Sep 4, 2013
- 2 min
Wonder Drugs, and Sequencing Tumor Mutations
A reminder of a point stressed during June’s Perrin conference on asbestos science. There, the experts stressed the fact that gene...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 31, 2013
- 3 min
An Impetus Towards More Benzene Litigation ? Higher Cancer Incidence in Persons Living Near Georgia
A new, peer-reviewed article in Cancer (paywall) proffers evidence suggesting material increased risks of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in persons...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 31, 2013
- 1 min
Mryiad’s Arguments to Enjoin Some Entities Testing for BRCA Genes
Kevin Noonan of Patent Docs has provided an expert, cogent summary of Myriad’s arguments to enjoin some other providers of testing for...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 12, 2013
- 1 min
Good Words from a “Cancer Thriver”
In toxic torts, we meet way too many people with terminal cancer. They end facing barrages of objective questions about past exposure,...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 11, 2013
- 1 min
Gene Patent Battles Expand as Myriad Sues Again Over BRCA Genes
Myriad has filed yet another patent infringement suit against BRCA gene sequencers. Patent Docs once again provides the specifics. #Cancer
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 10, 2013
- 1 min
The Gene Patent Wars Continue – Myriad Files Suit to Enjoin BRACA Testing
The Myriad decision was supposed to end Myriad’s stranglehold on testing for mutations of BRACA genes. The patent was illegal because...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 2, 2013
- 4 min
Guidelines for Molecular Testing for Lung Cancers
Lawyers litigating lung cancer cases will need increasing knowledge of mutations related to lung cancer, and their implications as to...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 4, 2013
- 1 min
Cancer – The Emperor of All Maladies to Become a Six Hour Series on PBS
PBS, Ken Burns and Katie Couric are collaborating to bring cancer’s biography to television in a six hour mini-series. The series will...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 3, 2013
- 1 min
New Phases in Treating Cancer – Economic Implications for Litigation and Otherwise
New phases of cancer treatment are arriving, and have the attention of doctors, patients, the FDA and Wall Street. Trial lawyers, risk...
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Kirk Hartley
- May 29, 2013
- 5 min
How Much Should One Expect Lung Cancer Claiming to Increase Now that Low Dose CT Scans are Cheap and
It’s always good to listen to experts; sometimes the message also will be accurate. In the late 2000s, I chaired an international...
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About Kirk
Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”
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