‘Kaftrio’ is a repsonse to the ISTD brief Milestones. This publication focuses on factors that contributed to the permanent access of the Cystic Fibrosis treatment, Kaftrio, on the NHS in 2024. It highlights the several medical breakthroughs that made Kaftrio possible. However, instead of viewing Kaftrio from its medical evolution, this publication also presents the developments in politics, economics and society that contributed. It took over 4 years to get Kaftrio permanently approved on the NHS. By viewing Kaftrio’s journey from this holistic perspective we can see the reality of avoidable factors, political, economic and social, prolonging access to drugs. We can learn from Kaftrio’s journey to learn what can be done, where to improve, what we as individuals can do to shorten the timeline for future treatments, the faster the process, the more lives are saved.

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