Cancer drug Avastin linked to risk of flesh-eating disease: Health Canada

Cancer patients taking the drug Avastin could be at risk of developing flesh-eating disease, Health Canada is warning. The maker of the drug, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., said a total of 52 cases of necrotizing fasciitis cases have been identified in patients who took the drug between November, 1997, and September, 2012. Read more here.