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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 28 Nov 2019
Pfizer's Ibrance scores second-line breast cancer approval via NICE’s Cancer Drugs Fund
28 November 2019 - Around 3,200 women in England could be eligible for treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Nov 2019
Mavenclad granted accelerated access by NICE
26 November 2019 - Merck has announced good news for some multiple sclerosis patients, as its Mavenclad (cladribine) has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2019
Boris Johnson pledges £500 million for cutting-edge medicine as PM plans to expand Cancer Drugs Fund to fight dementia and motor neurone disease
23 November 2019 - Prime Minister promises to give patients faster access to innovative medicines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Nov 2019
The life improvement value: a new measure of cost-efficiency
23 November 2019 - The decision not to make zoster vaccination available to people older than 79 years1 was based on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Nov 2019
Corbyn pledges to create state-run generics firm to cut drug prices
22 November 2019 - Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has included in the party’s election manifesto plans to create a state-run ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2019
The NHS is facing shortages of lifesaving treatments, says internal document
18 November 2019 - Identifies 17 new shortages including drugs for cancer treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2019
NICE, in confidence: an assessment of redaction to obscure confidential information in single technology appraisals by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
17 November 2019 - Health technology assessment aims to provide a transparent framework within which normative judgements can be applied for ...
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 14 Nov 2019
NICE ‘OK’ for Sativex in MS
14 November 2019 - NICE has recommended Bayer’s Sativex (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol cannabidiol), for spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2019
NICE recommends Elmiron for bladder pain syndrome
13 November 2019 - NICE has recommended Consilient Health’s Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium) for bladder pain syndrome. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2019
NICE during the pre-election period
12 November 2019 - As a public body, NICE is required to follow civil service principles on communicating during the lead ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2019
Labour peer says he opposes Corbyn-style state-funded drugs firm
12 November 2019 - A Labour peer has spoken out against the idea of a nationalised drugs industry, saying that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2019
Medical cannabis ruled out for chronic pain by NHS drug watchdog in decision branded 'devastating'
11 November 2019 - Cannabis should not be prescribed for chronic pain, the NHS funding watchdog has ruled, in a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2019
NICE U-turn for Epidyolex in epilepsy
11 November 2019 - GW Pharma has announced that NICE has recommended Epidyolex (cannabidiol) for two rare, severe forms of ...