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Call for Britain to over-ride patents on Roche cancer drug: A group of patients and campaigners has called on Britain's

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Call for Britain to over-ride patents on Roche cancer drug: A group of patients and campaigners has called on Britain's

2015-10-01 17:04:00

Call for Britain to over-ride patents on Roche cancer drug: A group of patients and campaigners has called on Britain's health minister to over-ride patents protecting Roche's expensive breast cancer drug Kadcyla to allow for the import or manufacture of cut-price copies.

Source: uk.reuters.com

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