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BeiGene lung cancer treatment meets main goal in late-stage study

Reuters | Posted: Jan. 21, 2020, 12:16 p.m. | Updated: Jan. 21, 2020, 10:31 a.m. | 1 Min Read

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(Reuters) - BeiGene Ltd said on Tuesday its cancer therapy combination for treating lung cancer in previously untreated patients met the main goal in a late-stage study.

The therapy, tislelizumab, when administered in combination with chemotherapy helped reduce the risk of cancer progression in patients with squamous non-small cell lung cancer.

(Reporting by Saumya Sibi Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)

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