Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?

© Author (s) or their employer(s) 2019. This review article is an overview of the session at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Asia 2018 Congress entitled: 'Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?'. The article provides an ov...

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Main Authors: Alexandru Eniu, Nathan I. Cherny, Melanie Bertram, Sumitra Thongprasert, Jean Yves Douillard, Gracemarie Bricalli, Malvika Vyas, Dario Trapani
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-653622019-08-05T04:40:07Z Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough? Alexandru Eniu Nathan I. Cherny Melanie Bertram Sumitra Thongprasert Jean Yves Douillard Gracemarie Bricalli Malvika Vyas Dario Trapani Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Medicine © Author (s) or their employer(s) 2019. This review article is an overview of the session at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Asia 2018 Congress entitled: 'Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?'. The article provides an overview of the session speakers' views on the impact that the lack of accessibility and availability of medicines has on patient outcomes in the treatment of breast cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer, responsible for more than one-third of cancer deaths in the Asian region. It also lists the various global policy initiatives that ESMO supports to promote the best cancer care in the Asian and Asia-Pacific region. The review presents extrapolated data from the 'ESMO International Consortium Study on the availability, out-of-pocket costs and accessibility of antineoplastic medicines in countries outside of Europe', which reveals several disparities among Asian countries, across the different income levels. In low- and middle-income countries, some barriers to the accessibility of anticancer medicines include the lack of government reimbursement, budget allocation for healthcare and quality-assured generic and biosimilar medicines, as well as shortages and patent rights. Throughout the article, the session presenters provide their views on strategies that can be considered to overcome these barriers. 2019-08-05T04:32:13Z 2019-08-05T04:32:13Z 2019-07-01 Journal 20597029 2-s2.0-85069768271 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-000483 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85069768271&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/65362
institution Chiang Mai University
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topic Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
spellingShingle Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Alexandru Eniu
Nathan I. Cherny
Melanie Bertram
Sumitra Thongprasert
Jean Yves Douillard
Gracemarie Bricalli
Malvika Vyas
Dario Trapani
Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?
description © Author (s) or their employer(s) 2019. This review article is an overview of the session at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Asia 2018 Congress entitled: 'Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?'. The article provides an overview of the session speakers' views on the impact that the lack of accessibility and availability of medicines has on patient outcomes in the treatment of breast cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer, responsible for more than one-third of cancer deaths in the Asian region. It also lists the various global policy initiatives that ESMO supports to promote the best cancer care in the Asian and Asia-Pacific region. The review presents extrapolated data from the 'ESMO International Consortium Study on the availability, out-of-pocket costs and accessibility of antineoplastic medicines in countries outside of Europe', which reveals several disparities among Asian countries, across the different income levels. In low- and middle-income countries, some barriers to the accessibility of anticancer medicines include the lack of government reimbursement, budget allocation for healthcare and quality-assured generic and biosimilar medicines, as well as shortages and patent rights. Throughout the article, the session presenters provide their views on strategies that can be considered to overcome these barriers.
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author Alexandru Eniu
Nathan I. Cherny
Melanie Bertram
Sumitra Thongprasert
Jean Yves Douillard
Gracemarie Bricalli
Malvika Vyas
Dario Trapani
author_facet Alexandru Eniu
Nathan I. Cherny
Melanie Bertram
Sumitra Thongprasert
Jean Yves Douillard
Gracemarie Bricalli
Malvika Vyas
Dario Trapani
author_sort Alexandru Eniu
title Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?
title_short Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?
title_full Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?
title_fullStr Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?
title_full_unstemmed Cancer medicines in Asia and Asia-Pacific: What is available, and is it effective enough?
title_sort cancer medicines in asia and asia-pacific: what is available, and is it effective enough?
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