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Published Aug 23 2012 by Rutherglen Reformer

Rutherglen MSP welcomes medicine decision

by Kenny Smith, RUTHERGLEN MSP James Kelly has welcomed the decision by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) to approve the use of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone in Scotland.

Abiraterone is a breakthrough prostate cancer drug which can both extend the lives of men with incurable prostate cancer and improve their quality of life. The drug had previously...

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