Pfizer’s Xalkori Joins The Six-Figure Oncology Drug Club
Executive Summary
The roll-out of Pfizer Inc.’s new personalized non-small cell lung cancer therapy Xalkori blends right in with the prevailing trends in cancer drug launches, proving that six-figure pricing now seems to be the new black in oncology.
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