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John-John Schnog's avatar

Spot on! Costs an issue as well...

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Timothée Olivier's avatar

Thank you, yes, you are right!

And it's not just the direct cost of drugs, but also the costs associated with toxicity.

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Michael Buratovich, Ph.D's avatar

This paper illustrates the old dictum, “More drugs does not necessarily mean better results.”

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medstudent's avatar

Have there been other major success stories ? To my limited knowledge, it's been the checkpoint inhibitors in lung and melanoma that have seen massive gains, most others have been incremental. Am I missing others ? Thank you

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Timothée Olivier's avatar

Imatinib in CML is another major success story… more on that soon in drugdevletter!

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