AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer

Re:AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer by kkio on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:51AM (#39431908)

My father has been taking Tagrisso since he was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in January 2022. It’s been able to give him a relatively normal quality of life I don’t think my family would’ve seen otherwise if he’d gone through chemo and radiation.

Just chiming in that I’m super thankful to that these newer treatments are so effective.

That said it’s not cheap and he still has to work to keep his insurance… otherwise it’d be ~10k/mo.

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Re:AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer by e40 on Monday February 19, 2024 @12:10PM (#39432123)

So glad to hear your father has made it 2 years. I have hopes for my wife (see my recent comment).

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Re:AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer by phone8675309 on Monday February 19, 2024 @02:33PM (#39433700)

I'm glad that Tagrisso has helped your father.

Do we know how much public funding for Tagrisso that AstraZeneca mugged from the respective citizens of the countries where they operate and how much they're going to sell it back to us for?

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Re:AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer by nradov on Monday February 19, 2024 @03:46PM (#39434602)

If you're honestly interested in the history of Osimertinib (Tagrisso) then this article has a good overview. It specifies the studies involved so that you can dig into funding sources. Generally for drug development, public funding only covers basic science and maybe early-stage trials. The majority of the expense is in phase 3 clinical trials which pharmaceutical companies pay for.

https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdw129

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Re:AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer by olliecornelia on Monday February 19, 2024 @03:30PM (#39434435)

Sounds like you've got some homework to do, dipshit.

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Re:AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer by phone8675309 on Monday February 19, 2024 @04:08PM (#39434843)

What is your problem here? The parent comment was discussing the cost of the medicine, and I was responding to that.

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Re:AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer by wing-_-nuts on Monday February 19, 2024 @05:25PM (#39435570)

>he still has to work to keep his insurance… otherwise it’d be ~10k/mo.

I mean, it'd be covered under the ACA or presumably medicare as well?

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