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The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, better known as Chuikyo, approved on October 18 insurance coverage for Chugai Pharmaceutical’s comprehensive genomic profiling test FoundationOne CDx Cancer Genomic Profile as a companion diagnostic to the ROS1/TRK inhibitor Rozlytrek (entrectinib) for the…
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