A new, value-based Cancer Drugs Fund is set to be launched in England soon, but pharma companies fear it will be a step backwards for access to new cancer medicines.
As consultation on the 'new' Cancer Drugs Fund closes this week, Leela Barham reviews the impact of England's guidance on end-of-life treatments and the implications of these broader changes.
On the day that England's Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) reduced the number of indications it will fund to 59 from 84, AstraZeneca (AZ) announced that it had withdrawn its ovarian cancer drug Lynp