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Provide Orkambi for Cystic Fibrosis patients in England.

Submitted on Friday 28th October 2016

Published on Monday 31st October 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 30th April 2017

Signatures: 2,460

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BBC ~ England ~ UK

Petition Action

Provide Orkambi for Cystic Fibrosis patients in England.

Petition Details

Orkambi (ivacaftor and lumacaftor) is a gene therapy based drug used to help treat CF for the most common gene (deltaF508). Use in Cystic patients can reduce lung function decline from 2.3% annually to 1.3% a significant improvement over the course of a cystics life.

Additional Information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37795460


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