2021•JAMA Internal MedicineOpen access

Estimated Medicare Spending on Cancer Drug Indications With a Confirmed Lack of Clinical Benefit After US Food and Drug Administration Accelerated Approval

Mahnum Shahzad, Huseyin Naci, Anita Katharina Wagner

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This exploratory study assesses estimated Medicare spending on 10 cancer drug indications that lacked overall survival benefit after receiving US Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval.

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This exploratory study assesses estimated Medicare spending on 10 cancer drug indications that lacked overall survival benefit after receiving US Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval.

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This exploratory study assesses estimated Medicare spending on 10 cancer drug indications that lacked overall survival benefit after receiving US Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval.

Key concepts: Medicine, Food and drug administration, Drug, Cancer drugs, Drug approval, Drug administration, Intensive care medicine, Cancer

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