Scanned copy of the article featuring Jed and Bhiru Alexander in the Daily Mail
News of the World:
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/610179/Health-service-PAYS-to-block-life-saving-drugs-for-desperate-patients
Please find a template letter written by Jed and freely shared by him with you. I suggest that you try to include your own viewpoint about the situation.
Here is a direct link to the number 10 petition that Michele started.
Link to Parliament website which helps you to 'Find Your MP' - scroll down page and enter your postcode in the box on lower right hand side of page.
NICE Appraisal Consultation Document (ACD)for dasatinib, nilotinib, HD imatinib
Conversation With Brian J. Druker, M.D.
The Peninsula Health Technology Commissioning Group (PHTCG) has come to a decision on the use of dasatinib and nilotinib in the management of chronic myeloid leukaemia.
e-cancer -Insider News
Discovery offers hope for new cancer treatments
Published: 06/10/2009 11:50:40
Scientists have discovered why a group of cancer drugs are so effective in treating the disease. Although they have been used for many years to treat certain tumours, researchers didn't know how they worked until now. The findings, published in EMBO Reports and presented by Cancer Research UK's chief scientist Professor Sir David Lane at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham on Tuesday, pave the way for the development of a new range of cancer treatments. The study, carried out at the University of Dundee, examined a molecule called NEDD8, known to have important role in turning on p53, the gene which inhibits a cell's growth. p53 is faulty (and sometimes missing) in more than half of cancers.
Dear friends,
Welcome to the grand opening of our virtual art exhibit, the Colors of Hope Gallery! Admission to the online exhibit is absolutely free!!