Abstract

A dual approval process for cancer drugs and their corresponding genetic tests has fast-tracked patients' access to targeted cancer therapies in Australia. For the first time, one review process has been used to approve and list two lung cancer drugs—gefitinib and erlotinib—in the country's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and their corresponding genetic tests in the publication Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

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