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17/06/2009

BBC Two - Price of Life

Adam Wishart discovers how the NHS choose which drugs will be available to patients.

The NHS cannot afford to offer every treatment on the market, so how are the medications available chosen? Adam Wishart follows the nail-biting decision about one drug.

On a finite budget, the NHS cannot afford to offer every treatment on the market, so how is it decided which medications should be made available?

Award-winning director Adam Wishart follows the nail-biting decision about one drug, with unprecedented access to decision-makers the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the patients who need a life-extending treatment, and the American company that discovered and will profit from it.

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