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New medicine could prevent disease before it begins — but at a cost

3 May 2024

Professor David Wheeler (UCL Renal Medicine) said high costs have to be assessed against the increasing problem of chronic diseases. Levels of advanced-stage chronic kidney disease are forecast to rise 60 per cent by 2032 in eight countries, including the US, China and Brazil.

Read: Financial Times (£)