ABPI welcomes proposals to overhaul Cancer Drugs Fund

20 November 2015

Proposals to transform the UK’s Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) to give early access to ‘promising’ drugs have been welcomed by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).

The controversial CDF currently pays for drugs the NHS has decided are unaffordable, but the health service has said it is no longer sustainable.

Under the draft plans, drawn up by the NHS and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the CDF would give early access to medicines which appear promising but which currently have uncertain evidence bases insufficient to support a recommendation for routine commissioning.

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