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Cancer fund failure highlights the dilemma of drug pricing
1 May 2017 - The challenge is to keep treatments affordable but still encourage innovation. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2016
Japan government panel halves price of cancer drug Opdivo
16 November 2016 - In an unprecedented move, a government panel decided Wednesday to cut the official price of cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2016
Doctor's diary: cancer drugs - hope or hype?
13 June 2016 - When it comes to promoting new cancer therapies, hype springs eternal. But prodigious cost – up to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2016
Rip-off prices stop cancer patients getting new drugs
29 March 2016 - Patients will be denied cutting-edge medicines because drugs companies are overcharging the NHS, the head of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2015
Call for Britain to over-ride patents on Roche cancer drug
1 October 2015 - A group of patients and campaigners has called on Britain's health minister to over-ride patents protecting Roche's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2015
UK NHS cancer patients denied drugs due to inflated prices – experts
23 September 2015 - Cancer patients are being denied drugs on the NHS that could lengthen their lives because of unnecessarily ...