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Shay Emerton, 26 , had a seizure and went into respiratory arrest two years ago .
He was diagnosed with a grade 2 glioma, a slow-growing and incurable brain tumour.
Doctors typically adopt a watch and wait’ strategy for low-grade gliomas after initial treatment.
But despite the success of the trial, Emerton was told he could not have the drug as it was not available under the early access to medicines scheme ( Eams ).
MHRA said any applications for market authorisations of a drug to be available under Eams were confidential.
Department of Health has allocated 40 m for research in this area, on top of 1bn a year for wider health research.
Some families are seeking treatment overseas because of the lack of treatment options in the UK .
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