{
  "id": 7979413,
  "title": "STAT+: England to cover AstraZeneca breast cancer drug, a result of U.K.-U.S. drug pricing deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/stat-england-to-cover-astrazeneca-breast-cancer-drug-a-result-of-u-k",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T07:42:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/astrazeneca-enhertu-breast-cancer-england-nice-pricing-agreement-us-trade-deal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "English health authorities have agreed to provide the breast cancer drug Enhertu from AstraZeneca through the National Health Service (NHS), resolving a long-standing dispute that raised questions about the pharmaceutical company's commitment to the U.K. The decision, which will extend the drug to an estimated 1,000 people in England, is partly a result of a U.S.-U.K. drug pricing agreement reached last year. Under the pact, a U.K. health agency raised the thresholds for what would be considered cost-effective for drugs on the NHS, allowing women with metastatic breast cancer and low levels of the HER2 protein to be eligible for Enhertu, a type of next-generation chemotherapy known as an antibody-drug conjugate. AstraZeneca confirmed that Scotland has covered the drug since 2023 and that it has been paid for in 26 other European countries.",
  "summary": "A breast cancer drug from AstraZeneca will now be available in England after a pricing deal was reached, in part a result of the U.S.-U.K. pharma pact.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Health",
        "title": "New hope for breast cancer patients as life-extending drug now on NHS in England",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/new-hope-for-breast-cancer-patients-as-life-extending-drug-now-on-nhs",
        "published": "2026-09-16T23:50:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Life-extending drug for breast cancer patients now on NHS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/life-extending-drug-for-breast-cancer-patients-now-on-nhs",
        "published": "2026-09-17T03:47:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Women in England with incurable breast cancer to get life-extending drug on NHS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/women-in-england-with-incurable-breast-cancer-to-get-life-extending",
        "published": "2026-09-17T05:00:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}