Nearly by opportunity, Ian Hampson and his wife Lynne found in their lab at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, that the drug lopinavir, licensed for the therapy of HIV, attacks the strain of human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer.
It is why he is supporting Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill, created to inspire physicians to innovate with no fear of prosecution, and which is the subject of a government-backed consultation.
Cervical cancer is nonetheless the major killer of girls in the creating planet, creating more than 280,000 deaths globally annually, so the thought that females may use a straightforward vaginal pessary to protect themselves towards it is an interesting prospect.
The University of Manchester has filed a patent for treatment with lopinavir for HPV-associated disease
Saatchi’s Healthcare Innovation Bill
Lord Saatchi’s Bill, now open to public consultation, would let doctors to prescribe “off label” medicines. These are medicines that have been attempted and examined for one certain use (in this case lopinavir utilized to fight HIV). Lopinavir is acknowledged to be protected, but medical doctors can’t easily prescribe it for other, non-common uses. The Bill aims to pace up the development of new and modern treatment options for cancer and other diseases.
For details of Lord Saatchi’s bill, see saatchibill.tumblr.com
How HIV drug could treat cervical cancer
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