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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 l
by kkio 3y ago
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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- olliecornelia 3y ago[flagged]
- phone8675309 3y agoWhat is your problem here? The parent comment was discussing the cost of the medicine, and I was responding to that.
- nradov 3y agoIf 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 https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdw129
- e40 3y agoSo glad to hear your father has made it 2 years. I have hopes for my wife (see my recent comment).
- wing-_-nuts 3y ago>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?