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Last broadcast on Mon, 29 Jun 2009, 00:35 on BBC One (except Scotland) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
On a finite budget, the NHS cannot afford to offer every treatment on the market, so how is it decided which medications should be made available?
Award-winning director Adam Wishart follows the nail-biting decision about one drug, with unprecedented access to decision-makers the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the patients who need a life-extending treatment, and the American company that discovered and will profit from it.

Credits
- Director
- Adam Wishart
- Executive Producer
- Julian Mercer
- Writer
- Adam Wishart
Broadcasts
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Wed 17 Jun 200921:00
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Mon 29 Jun 200900:35

