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Bio-Robot Cancer Therapy Stalled by Regulators | Auckland News
A Whangārei doctor’s revolutionary cancer treatment, OncoRob—a bio-robot that shrinks tumors in terminally ill patients with minimal side effects—is stalled by regulatory hurdles. Medsafe demands costly, multi-stage clinical trials, while the inventors argue their real-world results are compelling and their device doesn’t fit the standard model. A manufacturing certificate alone could cost $200K annually, crippling their small operation. Fears of trade secret exposure under New Zealand’s Official Information Act have halted talks. Yet, the doctor and his nurse wife continue fighting…
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