UK system for approving cancer drugs ‘not fit for purpose’ | Channel 4 News

As patients criticise a decision not to approve breast cancer drug Kadycla, Dr Rav Seeruthun, a spokesman for the drug company Roche, dismisses criticism of its high price, saying it’s the system for approving cancer drugs that needs to change.

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