Access to T-DM1 in the United Kingdom"The ever increasing rise in the price of cancer and other medicines threatens individual lives and public health, and should be halted and reversed by all lawful means, including the use of compulsory licensing." - Philippa Saunders, UACT Request for Compulsory license on T-DM1 in the UKMarch 20, 2017. The Coalition for Affordable T-DM1, of which UACT is a member, sent a follow-up letter and annex to the UK governement regarding the Coalition's request to exercise Crown Use on patents on the breast cancer drug T-DM1. November 25, 2016. The Coalition for Affordable T-DM1 submitted a request for compulsory licence on patents related to the breast cancer drug T-DM1 sold by Roche under the brand name Kadcyla. October 1, 2015. The Coalition officially notified the UK government of our intent to request that the government to take several actions to make the breast cancer drug T-DM1 (trastuzumab emtansine) more affordable. The drug made by Roche (trade name Kadcyla) was declared too expensive for the NHS to provide and was only available in England through the Cancer Drug Fund. Futhermore, due to budget constraints, the decision was made September 3rd, 2015 to take T-DM1 off the Cancer Drug Fund, leaving breast cancer patients in the UK without access to this critical treatment option. The Coalition for Affordable T-DM1 is asking the government to grant compulsory licences to make bio-similar/bio-generic versions of the cancer drugs, under the Crown Use provisions in the UK patent law.
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