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Andrew Lansley, the UK's Health Secretary, announced that a new 50 million pound fund would be created beginning in October to improve access of NHS patients to new cancer drugs.
Lansley to create £50 million cancer drugs fund | InPharm.
The announcement was made following the issuance of a new report that shows the UK lags behind other European nations in the uptake of new cancer medications.
Posted by Bruce Lehr July 28th 2010.
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More on this from SiloBreaker today(Oct 3rd)
http://www.silobreaker.com/fund-for-cancer-drugs-5_2263765528147394702
Posted by: bigredbruce | 10/03/2010 at 08:54 AM
UK Department of Health Study on cancer drug access and utilization
http://www.thepharmaletter.com/file/97041/uk-patients-less-likely-than-other-europeans-to-receive-innovative-drugs-for-cancer-and-chronic-diseases-doh-study-finds.html
Posted by: bigredbruce | 07/28/2010 at 05:22 PM
A quick rebuttal from PULSE via the PharmaGossip blog
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=20&storycode=4126685&c=2
Posted by: bigredbruce | 07/28/2010 at 01:48 PM