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Oncologists Embrace BRAF Testing, Coast Through Managed Care With New Melanoma Drugs
Oncologists Embrace BRAF Testing, Coast Through Managed Care With New Melanoma Drugs
E Hayes
20111112
2011 Dec 12
The Pink Sheet Daily
Oncologists Embrace BRAF Testing, Coast Through Managed Care With New Melanoma Drugs
The Pink Sheet Daily. 2011 Dec 12, E Hayes
Two groundbreaking treatments for metastatic melanoma are undergoing rapid adoption by oncologists, despite initial concerns over their high cost and the inclusion of a companion diagnostic for one of the drugs, according to a new survey. Yervoy (ipilimumab), Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s new melanoma treatment, had been prescribed by 79% of oncologists after six months on the market, and Roche’s Zelboraf (vemurafenib) had been prescribed by 58% of respondents six weeks post-launch, according to a survey...