Apologies if anyone has posted about this

[Pinkpeony]

Has anyone seen the article in the paper today about big pharma Novartis and Bayer threatening to sue the NHS because the cancer drug Avastin has been found to help with Macular Degeneration ?

The Avastin costs £12 per injection . The other two £742 and £816 per dose . Shocking !

[RedApple Administrator]

PP, It may be in several papers, but as you don't mention any particular newspaper, I'm adding a link to the guardian online article:

Drug giants threaten NHS with legal action over cheaper drug that could save £84m a year theguardian.com/society/201...

[Pinkpeony in reply to RedApple]

Red Apple I hesitated to mention the dreaded Daily Mail . As long as it was in others Pp

[RedApple Administrator in reply to Pinkpeony]

[Truseblueoz]

Fascinating, the 12 clinical commissioing groups who hold the budgets are suggesting the use of an unlicensed drug to save money.

NHS England say that thyroid patietns can't have T3 prescribed because it is unlicenced.