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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas and Storm Newton

‘Pioneering’ drug for rare eye cancer to be rolled out on NHS in England

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People with a rare form of eye cancer will have access to a “pioneering” drug on the NHS which extends survival chances by almost 10 per cent, officials have announced.

Tebentafusp – sold under the brand name Kimmtrak – is the first treatment of its kind for uveal melanoma, which develops from cells in the middle layer of the eye, known as the uvea.

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