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AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso was approved in China for lung cancer treatment

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6/5/2021 | 1 minute to read

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AstraZeneca's lung cancer drug approved in China: AstraZeneca said that its Tagrisso medicine has been approved in China for the treatment of early lung cancer. The UK-based pharmaceutical giant said Tagrisso is the first such drug to have received approval in China, as well as the only one to have shown efficacy against the disease in a global trial.

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AstraZeneca's lung cancer drug approved in China

The FTSE 100 company added that the approval is based on the positive results coming from the Adaura Phase 3 trial, where Tagrisso was proven to reduce the risk of disease recurrence or death by 80%.

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