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Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives NICE recommendation for the reimbursement of Epidyolex (cannabidiol) for the treatment of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex in England
31 January 2023 - Jazz Pharmaceuticals today announced that Epidyolex (cannabidiol 100 mg/mL oral solution), developed by GW Pharmaceuticals, has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2023
Risankizumab for the treatment of patients with previously treated moderate to severe active Crohn's disease
27 January 2023 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on using risankizumab in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2023
More than 400 people set to benefit after NICE approves ground-breaking CAR-T therapy to treat aggressive form of blood cancer
26 January 2023 - Hundreds of people with an aggressive form of lymphoma are set to benefit from the first ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2023
NICE approves new migraine drug for NHS use in England and Wales
25 January 2023 - Drugs regulator recommends eptinezumab for adults when three previous treatments have failed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2023
UK's voluntary scheme for branded medicines, pricing and access (VPAS) faces a potential crisis
19 January 2023 - The UK has a “voluntary scheme for branded medicines, pricing, and access” or VPAS, which sets a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2023
NICE backs Alnylam’s Amvuttra for rare form of amyloidosis
19 January 2023 - Alnylam’s gene-silencing drug Amvuttra has been recommended as a treatment for hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis by NICE, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2023
NICE recommends reimbursement for Translarna
19 January 2023 - Only approved treatment for the underlying cause of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2023
NICE recommends all oral triplet regimen for patients living with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
19 January 2023 - Since its launch in December 2017, ixazomib has been funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund and has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2023
Voxelotor for the treatment of patients with sickle cell disease
11 January 2023 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on using voxelotor ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2023
Maribavir for the treatment of patients with a refractory cytomegalovirus infection after transplant
18 January 2023 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on the use of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2023
AbbVie and Eli Lilly, two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, have sent a warning signal to the UK government by leaving the voluntary medicines pricing agreement in protest over increasingly punitive revenue clawbacks
16 January 2023 - AbbVie and Lilly have left the UK’s Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2023
Angiotensin II acetate for the treatment of patients with vasosuppressor-resistant hypotension caused by septic or distributive shock
16 January 2023 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on the use of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2023
Nivolumab in combination with platinum and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced, HER2 negative gastric, gastro-oesophageal junction or oesophageal adenocarcinoma
11 January 2023 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on the use of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2023
Mobocertinib succinate for patients with advanced EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation positive non-small-cell lung cancer after platinum-based chemotherapy
4 January 2023 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on the use of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Dec 2022
NICE recommends a weekly injection for treating growth failure in children
22 December 2022 - This recommendation comes from a pilot to develop simpler, faster evaluations for the appraisal of some treatments. ...