The landscape of cancer therapy in the country will undergo a dramatic change as the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally approved a new non-chemotherapy drug that is already considered as new treatment option in many countries around the world.

Pembrolizumab is a targeted immunotherapy medication that is now indicated in the Philippines for first-line treatment of deadly lung malignancy, specifically non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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