Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2018
Fresh hopes that breast cancer drug Perjeta will be made available in Scotland
22 March 2018 - Breast cancer campaigners have welcomed talks aimed at making a life-extending drug available to women in Scotland.
Perjeta, which has been shown to extend survival for up to 16 months in terminally ill patients, has been available in England and Wales for four years.
However, patients and campaigners north of the Border have been repeatedly disappointed after applications to make it routinely available on NHS Scotland were knocked back three times in a row.
