Asda started a new price war on High Street this week by announcing that it will sell cancer drugs without a profit. In response, Superdrug and Sainsbury’s announced that they would also offer the meds at cost. Thus, cancer patients without insurance will now be able to save thousands of pounds starting this week.
Previously, many patients have been forced to shop around for cancer drugs given that the NHS has refused to offer them. In fact, some have suffered given that the meds may be marked up as high as 76% over cost.
This has forced some to take out mortgages or loans in order to pay for their meds which can total up to a few thousand pounds for just one course of treatment of thirty days.
Asda’s announcement casts a new spotlight on Government plans to launch a new fund in April of 2011 that will offer patients the ability to get medicines easier.
At the moment, some cancer drugs that have been proven to help fight cancer have been banned by NHS due to the fact that they are very expensive. In addition, other medicines have been rejected from other trusts funding due to the fact that the NHS has not yet made a decision on their use, which can take up to 18 months until one is announced.
In addition to cancer drugs, Asda will also offer the drug Glivec used to treat leukemia at cost and much cheaper than its competition.
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