Different drugs just have different characteristics in terms of how they are absorbed. Crizotinib (XALKORI) is just a totally different drug from Tarceva (erlotinib), so there's no reason to think they would share the same characteristics in how they are processed by the body.
Reply # - August 28, 2013, 08:53 PM
Reply To: Tarceva vs Crizotinib
Different drugs just have different characteristics in terms of how they are absorbed. Crizotinib (XALKORI) is just a totally different drug from Tarceva (erlotinib), so there's no reason to think they would share the same characteristics in how they are processed by the body.
-Dr. West