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China-made cancer drug to go on sale in US after Americans travel to buy it

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM · 1 min read
China-made cancer drug to go on sale in US after Americans travel to buy it — South China Morning Post, Singapore Schools news
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Global pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca said on Thursday it would start selling a cancer drug after coming under criticism for failing to bring it to the US market faster, prompting some Americans to fly to Shanghai to procure the potentially life-saving medicine first developed by China. In recent months, desperate Americans have travelled to China to obtain the Chinese-made cancer drug that was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration but remained unavailable in the country for more than...

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