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In Touch: Drug treatment for macular degeneration

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23/01/2018

Drug treatment for macular degeneration

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Drug treatment for macular degeneration

Cathy Yelf on changes to NICE Guidance for treatment of AMD and the Marrakesh Treaty.

Cathy Yelf, the CEO of the Macular Society, talks about changes to NICE guidance on treatment of AMD. Plus Fazilet Hadi RNIB and Mary Honeyball MEP on the Marrakesh VIP Treaty.

Cathy Yelf CEO of the Macular Society talks about changes to Nice Guidance on the treatment of AMD. Now patients will have the right to be treated sooner than has been the case and Cathy suggests that patients insist on receiving treatment if their healthcare provider tries to refuse them.
Fazilet Hadi from RNIB describes the Marrakesh Treaty, which has been set up to enable ratifying countries to avoid certain copyright requirements, enabling them to share books in large print, audio and Braille, so that blind people can access a wider range of material.
Labour MP and Member of the European Parliament Mary Honeyball expresses concern that post Brexit, the Treaty may no longer be effective.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Cheryl Gabriel.

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