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        Unlicensed drug

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        Unlicensed and off-label drugs: What do we know?

        13 July 2023

        Following the death of a cancer patient after they were given an unlicensed drug, Diana Spencer unpacks the practice of prescribing unlicensed and off-label medicines. This month, a cancer patient died and three others were hospitalised in the UK after they were administered an unlicensed version of the chemotherapy drug cabazitaxel. In a statement, the […]

        Patients receiving chemotherapy

        Patient dies after receiving unlicensed drug

        12 July 2023

        A cancer patient died and three others were hospitalised in the UK after they were administered an unlicensed version of chemotherapy cabazitaxel. According to The Guardian, which reported on the incident, the problem was caused by an issue at private healthcare company Sciensus’ medicines manufacturing unit. In a statement, Sciensus said that it was an […]

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