Testing A New Model For Personalized Drug Development
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Pfizer, Genentech, AstraZeneca and Amgen drugs will be studied in a lung cancer “master protocol” set to launch March 1. The trial could revolutionize the treatment of a rare, serious disease – but advocates have an even bigger goal: “changing the entire paradigm for drug development.”
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