Cancer Drugs Fund condemned as expensive and ineffective

28 April 2017 - Treatments approved by David Cameron’s scheme were not worth money, extended life very little and often had ...

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Did it matter that the Cancer Drugs Fund was not NICE? A retrospective review

3 October 2016 - This article reviews the means by which the Cancer Drugs Fund made recent funding decisions for cancer ...

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Cancer Drugs Fund requires further reform

27 September 2016 - Reliance on “real world” observational data undermines evidence base for clinical practice. ...

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A novel UK approach to cancer access: yes, no, or maybe?

10 August 2016 - What are the implications of the new, reinvigorated Cancer Drugs Fund, for pharma and patients? ...

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Cancer patients may lose vital drug in crackdown on funding: watchdog reviews 31 treatments that are not usually available on the NHS

10 August 2016 - The drug brentuximab vedotin may no longer be provided on the NHS. ...

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Controversial CDF revamp launches

29 July 2016 - England's Cancer Drugs Fund reopens under its new model today, but the pharma industry and charities are ...

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Cancer Drugs Fund 2.0: a missed opportunity?

14 June 2016 - The UK National Health Service, like most other developed health care systems, has struggled with how to ...

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The Cancer Drugs Fund

8 June 2016 - Over the past five years thousands of patients in England have been given access to new but ...

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Cancer Drugs Fund changes deeply concerning, say charities

16 May 2016 - Fifteen cancer charities have said they are "deeply concerned" about new plans for approving innovative cancer medicines ...

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Faster access to effective cancer treatments through new Cancer Drugs Fund

16 March 2016 - Proposals will see new clinically and cost effective cancer drugs approved for use on the NHS earlier ...

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At last, NICE to take over the Cancer Drugs Fund

7 March 2016 - The reincarnation of the Cancer Drugs Fund will benefit both NICE and the NHS. ...

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New “managed access” process for Cancer Drugs Fund to go ahead, NHS England confirms

29 February 2016 - NHS England has confirmed that from 1 July its Cancer Drugs Fund will operate on a “managed ...

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ABPI comments on the NHS England's decision for the Cancer Drugs Fund

26 February 2016 - The ABPI is disappointed by today's decision by NHS England that it will continue to push ahead ...

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'I wouldn't want to be a cancer patient in England': Drug company boss slams NHS watchdog for denying patients life-changing treatments

11 February 2016 - Erik Nordkamp, managing director of Pfizer UK, said England already had one of the poorest outcomes for ...

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Ministers scramble to introduce new NHS cancer drugs scheme

11 February 2016 - Ministers have less than two months to thrash out a new system for financing cancer drugs in ...

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