Vietnam has about 100 licensed drugs and biological products for cancer treatment.

Recently, information about licensing of cancer treatment drugs has attracted a lot of attention. The Drug Administration of Vietnam said that in addition to the Russian drug recently signed and issued by the Ministry of Health , Vietnam currently has 99 types of cancer treatment drugs that have been granted circulation registration and are still in effect.

Thus, up to now Vietnam has about 100 drugs and biological products to treat cancer for patients.

According to the Drug Administration of Vietnam, the Russian drug Pembroria has the active ingredient Pembrolizumab registered for circulation for the first time in Vietnam. However, before that, this active ingredient was registered as a generic drug since 2017 in a product of the pharmaceutical company MSD.

Pembroria from Russia is a monoclonal antibody for cancer treatment, not a new drug. This drug is similar to the original reference product of MSD, which is still in circulation and treating cancer patients.

However, according to the Drug Administration, the addition of the Russian product Pembroria in cancer treatment helps doctors have more choices, and at the same time increases patients' access to drugs in cancer treatment./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/viet-nam-co-khoang-100-thuoc-sinh-pham-dieu-tri-ung-thu-duoc-cap-phep-post1076588.vnp