Postal morning-after pill offer
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NHS-life sciences partnership
10:31 UK time, Monday, 5 December 2011
PM David Cameron has detailed his plans on accelerating drug development for NHS patients. But much of this work is already underway.
6 December 2011
Last updated at 20:01 ET
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