14 results for tag: cancer


NHS Pays £0.5bn for Public Funded Drugs

Pharmaceutical companies are charging the NHS half a billion pounds a year for cancer treatments discovered with the help of public money. We are paying twice for new medicines.   Figures released by the Missing Medicines coalition today (World Cancer Day) show that 3 out of the 5 most expensive cancer medicines brought by ...

Cancer Drugs Sold for 25 Times R&D Costs

A new medical study has found that the latest new cancer drugs are being sold for many times the costs spent developing them; resulting in mega profits for the drug companies who own them and restricted access to these drugs for only the wealthiest patients and healthcare providers.

Cancer Drug Costs Could Be Halved

The cost of developing new cancer drugs could be halved at least if we cooperated across the world to publicly fund R&D, using cheaper finance, eliminating wasteful duplication and developing drugs for public benefit not for profit.

Campaign Letter to Health Secretary

With support for the Dying for a Cure campaign growing, a letter has been sent today to the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, setting out the issues and sharing with him a sample of comments from supporters.

Drug Firms Pass On £25bn Fines To Patients

A shocking new study has revealed pharmaceutical companies have been fined more than £25bn over the last 25 years for illegal activity aimed at boosting profits. Patients are ultimately paying the price for this through higher drug prices.

£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.

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

Campaign Launch

"Through this campaign I hope that together we can bring about change that redresses the balance between profits and public health in cancer drug development." - John Piears, Campaign Founder