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From Herceptin to Rozlytrek: how cancer drugs are getting more personalized

  • September, 25 2019
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In August 2019, the US FDA approved Roche’s Rozlytrek (entrectinib) for cancer patients whose solid tumors harbor a particular genetic mutation called NTRK. The approval comes more than 20 years after the very first ‘targeted’ breast cancer therapy reache

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As Rare Disease Drugs Multiply, So Must Creative Ways to Pay for Them

  • February, 19 2019
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Patients suffering from one of the many hundreds of rare diseases known to exist have a better chance than ever of finding a treatment. Companies large and small continue to invest, given high unmet need and very targeted populations. Progress must contin