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PhRMA Urges Japan to Offer Coverage for CGP Testing in First-Line Setting
Japan should allow health coverage for comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) assays, conducted in cancer patients, from the stage of their first-line standard pharmacotherapy, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) urges. PhRMA calls for the deregulation of the CGP…
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