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Only half of cancer medicines approved by the European Medicines Agency in 20202023 are available in EU countries (on average) Average time from EMA approval to patient access: 586 days, with major variation between Member States Access to biomarker testing, essential for personalised cancer treatment, is inconsistent across Europe Reducing disparities in access to medicines and diagnostics is essential to ensure innovation benefits all patients, wherever they live
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The underlying mechanism generally consists of the oxidation of redox-reacting cysteine and/or tyrosine residues located within or near the active site, which creates intraprotein and interprotein bridges that affect protein function 8,9