ITV News published this video item, entitled “Girl with cystic fibrosis has ‘bright future’ after receiving ‘revolutionary’ drug on NHS | ITV News” – below is their description.
A seven-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis said she hopes “life will be a bit fairer on me” after being among the first of hundreds of children to receive a “revolutionary” treatment for the disease on the NHS.
More than 1,300 children with the disease in England are newly eligible for drug Kaftrio, after it was extended for licence by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The drug was first approved for those aged 12 and above with cystic fibrosis – which causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system – in England in 2020. But last month the treatment was approved for children aged six to 11.
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