US Medicare to reimburse use of cancer-matching service developed in Singapore

The cancer-matching service is able to match lung cancers to a targeted drug, should there be one. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PIXABAY
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SINGAPORE – Several cancer-related organisations in Singapore are excited with the recent announcement that Medicare, the United States federal health insurance programme, will reimburse patients with advanced lung cancer who use a technology developed in Singapore.

Lucence, which has headquarters in Singapore and the US, said: “This approval establishes Lucence as the first and only Asian-headquartered healthcare services company to secure United States national insurance coverage.”

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