England Cancer Patients Will Be First To Access 7-Minute Treatment Jab

New Delhi: Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is set to become the world’s first healthcare service to provide an injection for cancer treatment that could potentially reduce treatment times by up to three-quarters.

Following approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), NHS England announced on Tuesday that hundreds of patients receiving the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab will now receive injections. This change is expected to create more time for cancer teams. Dr.

Alexander Martin, a consultant oncologist at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, expressed that this approval will not only offer more convenient and swift care for patients but also enable medical teams to attend to more patients throughout the day.