Monday 13 June 2016

NHS spending on cancer drugs 'illogical' and 'politically-driven', claims senior doctor

NHS spending on cancer drugs 'illogical' and 'politically-driven', claims senior doctor Pharmaceutical companies have more than quadrupled the cost of cancer drugs because political considerations mean normal value-for-money tests are not applied, a leading pharmacologist has said.

Professor Ken Paterson, former chair of the Scottish Medicines Consortium, said health service policy towards cancer drugs was “entirely illogical” and “politically-driven”. The Daily Mail

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