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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 £3m per patient. ±«Óãtv 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 £3m per patient. For the family it is bittersweet as only one of the two children can be saved. The ±«Óãtv’s medical editor Fergus Walsh has followed the treatment at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital over several months and has this exclusive report.

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Mon 20 Feb 2023 03:30GMT

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