RAINFALLs On Lilly's Cyramza Stomach Cancer Parade
Executive Summary
A lack of overall survival benefit in first-line stomach cancer in a Phase III trial has scuppered Eli Lilly's hopes of expanding Cyramza's use into a new and relatively empty market.
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