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Cancer support groups appeal ban of bone marrow disorder drug on NHS
Daily Mail UK ^

Posted on 03/23/2010 7:41:52 PM PDT by Chet 99

Last updated at 1:41 PM on 23rd March 2010

Three cancer patient support groups today announced they are appealing a decision to reject a drug used to treat a range of bone marrow disorders for use on the NHS.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) ruled in draft guidance earlier this month that azacitidine - or Vidaza - could not be prescribed on the NHS for the treatment of a number of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

MDS UK Patient Support Group, The Leukaemia Society and the Rarer Cancers Forum are all appealing against the Nice guidance.

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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: socializedmedicine

1 posted on 03/23/2010 7:41:52 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99

Could it be just the beginning of ghoulish plans? Could it be by design and on purpose???????


2 posted on 03/23/2010 7:49:01 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: Chet 99

More shovel-ready stimulus projects for the UK.


3 posted on 03/23/2010 8:19:16 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Chet 99

Coming to a doctor’s office near you in the good ol’ USA!


4 posted on 03/24/2010 12:26:33 AM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenerio at a time.)
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