AstraZeneca said on February 5 that the Japanese health ministry has granted priority review status to its EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Tagrisso (osimertinib) as a front-line treatment for inoperable or recurrent EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).In Japan,…
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