EU rules ‘mean children can’t get life-saving cancer drugs’

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Series Details 11.02.14
Publication Date 11/02/2014
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Researchers from Britain's Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) said on the 10 February 2014 that children with cancer were being denied access to potentially life-saving medicines because European Union rules allowed drug firms to waive the need to test some drugs in paediatric trials.
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ESO: Background information: Council confirms agreement on clinical trials http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-confirms-agreement-on-clinical-trials/
BBC News, 11.02.14: Children with cancer 'denied drugs because of EU rules' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26118914
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