Nicole Adams, 28, from Belfast, was hospitalised with flu last month and has since said the illness feels 'like being suffocated by my own body'. Her family - and other cystic fibrosis sufferers - are now calling on the NHS to release the drug to Nicole, fearing 'how much fight she has left in her'. Cystic fibrosis sufferers have praised Trikafta as a the 'Holy Grail' but the drug has not yet been passed by the European drug regulatory body. According to medics, the majority of patients will eventually need to replace Orkambi and Symkevi with Trikafta at some stage in their treatment. He previously told Belfast Live: "I would give this girl my lungs if I could.

Source: Daily Mirror December 22, 2019 10:18 UTC