Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2019
China’s cancer patients hit by new law on experimental drug treatments not approved by government
11 December 2019 - The law came into effect on December 1 and forbids pharmaceutical firms giving patients drugs from unapproved clinical trials.
After Wu Xianfa was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, he had surgery to remove part of his lower left lung.
When his doctor recommended chemotherapy to wipe out any remaining cancer cells, Wu refused as colleagues who had also had lung cancer had died after getting chemotherapy straight after surgery.
