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Astellas Pharma announced on July 23 that the combination therapy of the anticancer drugs Tarceva (erlotnib) and Nexavar (sorafenib) failed to improve the overall survival period for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared to the Nexavar monotherapy in a multinational…
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