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The Mirror (KC) 09-Jun-08
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05-Sep-2007 - Drug firm in cancer fight offer Sutent / TroVax
Drug firm in cancer fight offer
By Emily Cook
Kidney Cancer patients are being offered free drugs denied by the NHS. A pharmaceutical firm is funding the supply of Sutent - which can prolong lives by up to two years - in exchange for patients testing another new drug alongside it.
Oxford BioMedica is spending £1million to help up to 70 patients, who must enrol in a clinical trial of the firm's drug TroVax, to see how it works with Sutent.
Music mogul Tony Wilson, who died from Kidney Cancer last month, had slammed the NHS "postcode lottery" and said he was lucky to have friends who funded his £3,500-a-month treatment.
Prof Bob Hawkins, from Manchester's Christie Hospital - one of the test sites - said: "We would like Sutent to be available for every patient."
Rose Woodward, of the Kidney Cancer Patient Support Group, said: "This is really fantastic news."
Kidney Cancer kills about 3,600 people a year.
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