Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Decision to not make a drug for childhood cancer on the NHS is 'devastating', say charities

Decision to not make a drug for childhood cancer on the NHS is 'devastating', say charities Children with the same childhood cancer that killed Bradley Lowery will be denied a life-extending drug on the NHS after the health watchdog ruled it too costly.

Nice stressed that it wanted to recommend patients with neuroblastoma are given dinutuximab beta – but argued it is too expensive and may not work. The Daily Mail

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