Friday 19 October 2018

'Unthinkable' that the NHS won't buy life-saving children's drug

'Unthinkable' that the NHS won't buy life-saving children's drug Children under the age of two are dying of a curable disease because the NHS won't buy the new 'wonder drug' which can stop it, doctors say.

The creators of Spinraza, which is proven to cure spinal muscular atrophy, this week won a $3million (£2.29m) prize for their life-saving work.

And medics say it is 'unthinkable' that health bosses in the UK refuse to pay for the £450,000-a-year drug which could help the 1,300 Britons estimated to have SMA. The Daily Mail

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