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China’s medicines are surprising the world

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Keytruda, a cancer-immunotherapy medicine, ranks among the most lucrative drugs ever sold. Since its launch in 2014 it has raked in over $130bn in sales for Merck, its American maker, including $29.5bn last year. In September last year an experimental drug did what none had done before. In late-stage trials for non-small-cell lung cancer, it nearly doubled the time patients lived without the disease worsening—to 11.1 months, compared with 5.8 months for Keytruda.....

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NanoMRI

one perspective, which I share, is Americans subsidize a lot of the world, including medications.

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KocoPr in reply toNanoMRI

Are you saying we are subsidizing Chinese medicine?

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gsun in reply toKocoPr

He is confusing a trade deficit as a subsidy, just like someone in a high place….

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Maxone73

And keep one eye on south Korea....

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Broccoli24

any chance you could copy and paste article… it’s behind a paywall for me.

Thanks!

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Justfor_ in reply toBroccoli24

If you can read Greek, sure. It was reprinted in translation by a Greek newspaper of the financial sector press aka Ναυτεμπορικη (Naftemboriki).

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Broccoli24 in reply toJustfor_

I could put it through google translate! so yes please!!

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Justfor_ in reply toBroccoli24

Enjoy reading

naftemporiki.gr/finance/wor...

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Broccoli24 in reply toJustfor_

Thank you!!

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Broccoli24 in reply toJustfor_

Great article… very interesting and full of promise. Hopefully will bring in a raft of cheaper, more effective treatments quickly.

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