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European Union regulation of health technology assessment: what is required for it to succeed?
22 July 2022 - After considerable discussion and debate, the European Commission proposal for the regulation of health technology assessment was ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2022
Update to the statutory scheme to control the costs of branded health service medicines
15 March 2022 - The UK Government is seeking views on its proposal to increase the rate of payments made ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2022
Britain fines firms $47 million over price surge for NHS nausea pill
3 February 2022 - Britain's competition watchdog on Thursday fined five firms a total of 35 million pounds ($47.5 million) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
Pfizer epilepsy drug prices were 'unfairly high,' UK review finds
5 August 2021 - Britain's competition watchdog is sticking with its view that Pfizer and Flynn Pharma broke the law ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2021
Advanz and private equity groups fined for 1,000 per cent drug price hike
29 July 2021 - Regulator penalises pharma company and buyout firms Cinven and Hg after NHS hit by ‘unfair’ rises. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2021
Pharma companies fined after 10,000% price rise for life saving drug
15 July 2021 - UK watchdog imposes £260 million in penalties for increases in costs of hydrocortisone tablets. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2020
Government authorises use of dexamethasone for COVID-19
18 June 2020 - The UK has authorised immediate use of dexamethasone on the NHS, widening access to the first ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2020
How a US-UK trade agreement could affect NHS drug prices
1 June 2020 - The governments of the UK and US are working on the outlines of a trade agreement. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2020
Is it time to nationalise the pharmaceutical industry?
4 March 2020 - Drug companies fail to take account of the public interest and relentlessly focus on short term returns, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2020
U.K. sets red lines on drug prices, food in U.S. trade talks
2 March 2020 - Johnson’s government publishes goals for negotiations. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2020
The Tories must learn from the Orkambi victory and keep drug-pricing off the table
12 January 2020 - To match its rhetoric on the NHS, the government has to legally commit to preventing drug-pricing being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2019
NHS and drug prices could be included in US-UK trade deal, leaked documents suggest
27 November 2019 - The NHS and drug patents have been part of ongoing post-Brexit trade negotiations between the US ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2019
Labour will exclude the NHS and medicines from trade deals with the US
17 November 2019 - Donald Trump wants the big US pharmaceutical companies to get its hands on our public services – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2019
Brexit: what it could mean for drug prices
5 November 2019 - Trading away the UK’s rights to drive down drug prices could cost the NHS half a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Corbyn accuses Tories of planning deal to hike drug prices with Trump as election looms
5 November 2019 - Drug prices have become an issue in the UK’s general election, after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ...