Main content
Bittersweet Medicine
A toddler with a rare condition has become the first child treated in the UK with a life-saving gene therapy. The drug costs 拢3m per patient. 91福利社 medical editor Fergus Walsh has this exclusive report.
A toddler with a rare and devastating inherited condition has become the first child to be treated in the UK with a life-saving gene therapy. The drug, called Libmeldy, is the most expensive medicine in Europe, costing nearly 拢3m per patient. For the family it is bittersweet as only one of the two children can be saved. The 91福利社鈥檚 medical editor Fergus Walsh has followed the treatment at Royal Manchester Children鈥檚 Hospital over several months and has this exclusive report.
Last on
Mon 20 Feb 2023
03:30GMT
91福利社 News Channel 91福利社 News UK & 91福利社 News UK HD only
Broadcasts
- Wed 15 Feb 2023 20:30GMT91福利社 News Channel 91福利社 News UK HD & 91福利社 News UK only
- Sat 18 Feb 2023 16:30GMT91福利社 News Channel 91福利社 News UK HD & 91福利社 News UK only
- Sun 19 Feb 2023 00:30GMT91福利社 News Channel 91福利社 News UK HD & 91福利社 News UK only
- Sun 19 Feb 2023 15:30GMT91福利社 News Channel 91福利社 News UK HD & 91福利社 News UK only
- Mon 20 Feb 2023 03:30GMT91福利社 News Channel 91福利社 News UK & 91福利社 News UK HD only
Featured in...
Behind the Medicine
The latest developments in the medical world uncovered.