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A new law that would allow terminally-ill patients in England and Wales to be given untested medicines has received government backing.
The Medical Innovation Bill proposed by Lord Saatchi would allow some people dying of cancer to be voluntarily treated with unlicensed drugs.
The bill has been amended to require doctors to get the agreement of another specialist to prescribing the drugs.
That safeguard has led the Department of Health to give its support.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29684785
The Medical Innovation Bill proposed by Lord Saatchi would allow some people dying of cancer to be voluntarily treated with unlicensed drugs.
The bill has been amended to require doctors to get the agreement of another specialist to prescribing the drugs.
That safeguard has led the Department of Health to give its support.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29684785