Posted 1/12/2015 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Everyone
Just thought I would express my disgust the NHS in England will no longer fund Jevtana from March 2015. Reason to expensive.
A ‘last ditch’ drug for prostate cancer sufferers is to be axed from NHS use.
Jevtana gives men with advanced disease at least three extra months of life – but some have survived three or more years.
The Cancer Drugs Fund plans to remove the drug from its approved list effective from March because of weak cost-effectiveness.
Although it will remain available for existing patients, doctors will be unable to prescribe it for hundreds of men with the disease.