Labour pledges to break patents and offer latest drugs on NHS Jeremy Corbyn says party will create company to make cheap versions of drugs like Orkambi
Labour has pledged to create a publicly-owned company to make cheap versions of medicines the NHS needs but cannot afford, such as Orkambi, which is denied to thousands of children and young people with life-shortening cystic fibrosis.
Jeremy Corbyn told the Labour party conference that he had met nine-year-old Luis Walker, who suffers from the disease which clogs his lungs and makes breathing a struggle. “Every day he needs four hours of treatment and is often in hospital, which keeps him from school and his friends,” said Corbyn. The Guardian
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Labour has pledged to create a publicly-owned company to make cheap versions of medicines the NHS needs but cannot afford, such as Orkambi, which is denied to thousands of children and young people with life-shortening cystic fibrosis.
Jeremy Corbyn told the Labour party conference that he had met nine-year-old Luis Walker, who suffers from the disease which clogs his lungs and makes breathing a struggle. “Every day he needs four hours of treatment and is often in hospital, which keeps him from school and his friends,” said Corbyn. The Guardian
See also:
- Labour proposals highlight urgent need for reform of social care The Health Foundation
- Scrapping prescription charges The King's Fund
- Nuffield Trust response to Labour’s social care announcement Nuffield Trust
- Labour would found state drug company to make medicines cheaper The Independent
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