<p>The Kadcyla Drug</p>

Part of 4. 3. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:22 pm on 21 June 2017.

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Photo of Caroline Jones Caroline Jones UKIP 3:22, 21 June 2017

Thank you to my colleague Angela Burns for bringing forward this important topic. Cabinet Secretary, the deal between NHS Wales and Roche is terrific news for breast cancer sufferers in Wales and a perfect example of what we can achieve when we work in conjunction with the pharmaceutical industry. This deal and the new treatments fund means that women with HER2 positive tumours can gain a few valuable extra months of life and avoid the issue we had Herceptin. These new innovative treatments are targeted at relatively small cohorts, and are much more expensive. What is the Welsh Government doing to ensure we are aware of drugs in the pipeline? And will you work with your colleagues in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to achieve commercial access deals on other initiative treatments in future?