Thursday, August 7, 2008

BBC NEWS | Health | Row over NHS kidney drug decision

BBC NEWS | Health | Row over NHS kidney drug decision

Patients with advanced kidney cancer will be denied four treatments on the NHS under proposals from the government's drugs advisory body.

The drugs - bevacizumab, sorafenib, sunitinib and temsirolimus - do not offer value for money, according to draft guidelines for England and Wales.

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