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Japan Lung Cancer Society Petitions Health Minister for Early Approval of AZ’s AZD9291 for EGFR-TKI-Resistant NSCLC
The Japan Lung Cancer Society submitted a petition on July 7 to Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Yasuhisa Shiozaki requesting early approval for AstraZeneca’s (AZ) AZD9291, an investigational molecular-targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). AZD9291 is being…
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