This article was taken from: By Internal document seen by the Guardian shows low supplies for heart, cancer and anti-epilepsy drugs The NHS is running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines including treatments for cancer, heart conditions and epilepsy, the Guardian has learned. An internal 24-page document circulated to some doctors last Friday from the medicine supply…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/11/drug-shortages-endangering-patients-lives-wasting-nhs-time By Zara Aziz I shouldn’t have to spend large chunks of my day tracking down certain medicines or researching alternatives As a GP, managing patients’ medicine requests has until now been a seamless process of writing prescriptions to send to nominated pharmacies to dispense. But drug shortages mean that…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/03/nhs-cystic-fibrosis-drug-orkambi-vertex By Sarah Boseley Health editor Exclusive: Ministers urged to consider revoking patent on life-extending Orkambi, which NHS cannot afford Campaigners are calling on the government to urgently intervene over the cost of a drug that could extend the lives of thousands of children but which manufacturers have set at £105,000 per patient per…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/02/britain-loses-medicines-contracts-as-eu-body-anticipates-brexit By Lisa O’Carroll and Hannah Devlin European Medicines Agency ends pharma evaluations work and moves contracts to bloc Britain’s leading role in evaluating new medicines for sale to patients across the EU has collapsed with no more work coming from Europe because of Brexit, it has emerged. The decision by the European Medicines Agency to cut Britain…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/20/drug-giants-hefty-prices-nhs-vital-medication-pharma-profits By: Robert Hart Don’t blame the NHS for denying vital medication, say members of a new activist group, Just Treatment. Blame the pharma companies hooked on huge profits Arms aloft, activist and breast cancer patient Emma Robertson emerged from the UK headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer last month wearing a bright blue T-shirt….