UK patients with very rare conditions to get access to drugs and services not previously available on the NHS, Health Minister announces

22 March 2010

A small number of drugs and treatments for very rare conditions, that are not yet appropriate for the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) appraisal process, can now be considered for use in the National Health Service, UK Health Minister Mike O'Brien announced last Friday. This will help give patients with very rare and extremely rare conditions access to a wider range of drugs and services, he said.

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