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AstraZeneca to sell China-developed lung cancer drug sunvozertinib in US

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AstraZeneca will begin selling sunvozertinib, a lung cancer drug developed by China's Dizal Pharmaceutical, in the United States. The decision follows criticism over delays in making the drug available, which prompted some Americans to travel to Shanghai to obtain it. Max Doppelt, CEO of Patient Data Vault, expressed gratitude for the drug, stating it saved his mother's life. AI

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AstraZeneca to sell China-developed lung cancer drug sunvozertinib in US

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Nayan Seth ·

    China-made cancer drug to go on sale in US after Americans travel to buy it

    Global pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca said on Thursday it would start selling a cancer drug after coming under criticism for failing to bring it to the US market faster, prompting some Americans to fly to Shanghai to procure the potentially life-saving medicine first developed b…

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