Cancer Drugs Fund Was Short-Sighted
The Cancer Drugs Fund was put forward by David Cameron during the 2010 General Election campaign – a tempting olive branch for many cancer patients desperate for expensive life-saving drugs but in reality a short-sighted, vote-winning gesture that has helped to make drugs even more unaffordable in the longer term.
£99 Cancer Drug Being Sold for £83,000
Shocking new evidence has come to light of massive profiteering from cancer drugs - one cancer drug that costs only £99 to make is being being sold for up to £83,000, despite R&D costs being paid back over 10 years years ago.
UK Needs Bold Leadership to Cure Cancer
"We're not trying to make incremental change here, we're trying to get to a quantum leap on the path to a cure."
Joe Biden, Vice President, US
It's time now for UK politicians to step up to the plate and show bold leadership.
Joe Biden, Vice President, US
It's time now for UK politicians to step up to the plate and show bold leadership.
Cancer Drugs Priced Out of Reach
News about a promising new breast cancer treatment combining Herceptin and Tyverb is dampened by the prospect that the drugs may be too expensive for the NHS.
Queen’s Doctor on Big Pharma Greed
"Drug companies are developing medicines they can profit from, rather than those which are likely to be the most beneficial" - Sir Richard Thompson
