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Bittersweet Medicine

A cutting-edge treatment turning a terminal diagnosis into hope for a healthy life.

A toddler with a rare and devastating inherited condition has become the first child to be treated in the UK with a lifesaving gene therapy. The drug, called Libmeldy, is the most expensive medicine in Europe, costing nearly three million pounds ($3.48m) per patient. For the family it is bittersweet as only one of the two children can be saved. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s medical editor Fergus Walsh has followed the treatment at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital over several months and has this exclusive report.

25 minutes

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Thu 23 Feb 2023 10:30GMT

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