Health Research in Jeopardy from Annika Ostman on Vimeo.
For the past year I have been pursuing an MA degree in broadcast journalism at City University, and as a final requirement for our degree we have to produce a short news documentary. I decided early on that I wanted to do something in honour of Helena. It wasn't easy to focus on a subject so close to my heart but I also wanted to do something that I could feel Helena would be proud of.The report was produced, written, filmed and edited by me, but a special thanks must be mentioned to Cecilia Ostman and Mimi Flemming who helped me with the filming for a few of the interviews. Please read the short blurb below and then press the play button on the screen above to view the report. Let me know what you think!
Cancer patients miss out on new trials due to excessive regulation
A new medical trial for a vaccine which treats pancreatic cancer has been launched in the UK. This form of cancer has the lowest survival rate of all common cancers. The trial will recruit almost a hundred patients in the UK. But researchers say thousands of cancer patients are missing out on these kinds of new trials due to excessive regulation.
Reporter, Annika Ostman, has been looking at what’s going on.
