The good news for women: a drug to limit hot flushes. The bad: who can afford it? | Devi Sridhar

After decades of neglect, menopause and the impact it has on women’s life quality is becoming a major focus of pharmaceutical research. Hence the excitement this week about a new, potentially life-changing, drug.

Part of this is the growing recognition of what a huge market it is: the

that 13 million women are currently peri- or menopausal in the UK, which is roughly a third of the female population. The most common symptom is…