全球癌症药品年度开支创纪录
<p><span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> $100<span word="bn">bn</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pharmaceuticals">pharmaceuticals</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="prepares">prepares</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fresh">fresh</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="treatments">treatments</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="promise">promise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="push">push</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="higher">higher</span>.</p><p>全球用于癌症药物的年度开支首次达到1000亿美元大关。与此同时，制药产业正准备推出新一代癌症治疗方案，这些治疗方案势必进一步推升治疗成本。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="record">record</span> 2017 <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="a">a</span> 10 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span>, <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="incidence">incidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>.</p><p>比起前一年，2017年这一创纪录的开支增长了10%。在很大程度上，这一增幅是药品价格攀升及癌症发病率增加导致的。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="data">data</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="IMS">IMS</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Healthcare">Healthcare</span> <span word="Informatics">Informatics</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="respected">respected</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="organisation">organisation</span>, <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="excitement">excitement</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="medics">medics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="investors">investors</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="heralded">heralded</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="oncology">oncology</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>.</p><p>该数据由著名的美国研究机构艾美仕医疗保健信息研究所(<span word="IMS">IMS</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Healthcare">Healthcare</span> <span word="Informatics">Informatics</span>)发布。就在艾美仕发布这一数据之际，越来越多的医生及投资者正在为新的癌症药物欢欣鼓舞。这批新的药物被誉为肿瘤医学界数十年来的最大进展。</p><p><span word="Merck">Merck</span> & <span word="Co">Co</span>, <span word="Bristol">Bristol</span>-<span word="Myers">Myers</span> <span word="Squibb">Squibb</span>, <span word="Roche">Roche</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="AstraZeneca">AstraZeneca</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="so">so</span>-<span word="called">called</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="immunotherapies">immunotherapies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="harness">harness</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="immune">immune</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="tumours">tumours</span>.</p>
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