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Yonsei Research Leads to Change in Lung Cancer Treatment Worldwide

Yonsei Research Leads to Change in Lung Cancer Treatment Worldwide

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean medical research team’s treatment of patients diagnosed with ROS1 gene rearrangement non-small lung cancer with the drug Ceritinib has led to a change in globally accepted treatment methods. From June 2013 through February 2016, Yonsei Cancer Center researchers conducted drug therapies on 404 stage 4 lung [...]

Korea to Insure Pfizer’s Xalkori, Significantly Reducing Patients’ Burden

Korea to Insure Pfizer’s Xalkori, Significantly Reducing Patients’ Burden

SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – As it is expected that Pfizer’s Xalkori cancer drug will be covered by the national health insurance in Korea, the 10 million won (US$9,225) burden that patients are currently facing will be dramatically reduced starting next month. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the [...]