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Asda selling imatinib at cost price

Just seen this article in the Times about the provision of some cancer drugs at cost price for those on private prescriptions.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7132076.ece


Thanks for posting this Bhiru. I must say that I agree with the following comment from Macmillan.

"Mike Hobday, head of campaigns and policy at the charity Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “[This is] good news for people who can afford to buy cancer drugs privately but for the majority of cancer patients this simply isn’t an option.

“We believe clinically effective drugs must be available to everyone on the NHS and not just to those who can afford to pay privately.

“The £200million cancer drugs fund, included in [today’s] coalition agreement, may go some way to ensuring fairer access to cancer treatments but wider reform is also needed to enable all patients to get the drugs their doctor recommends.”


Sandy