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Britain to fund prostate cancer pill in U-turn

Reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 (on May 15, 2012)
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's drug watchdog has reversed a controversial decision not to fund a new prostate cancer pill that was developed in the country after maker Johnson & Johnson agreed a new discount on supplies to the UK state healthcare service.

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