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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 07 Nov 2019
Paying £500 million more a week for drugs post-Brexit is based on a fairly extreme scenario
7 November 2019 - The UK could pay £500 million more per week for drugs following a post-Brexit trade deal with ...
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Aug 2019
Incorporating affordability concerns within cost-effectiveness analysis for health technology assessment
27 August 2019 - New framework considers the scale, time profile, and uncertainty of budget impacts. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
MPs call for 'life-changing' Kuvan to be made affordable
11 May 2019 - A number of MPs are calling on a drug company to make a "life-changing" treatment affordable ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2019
How a post-Brexit trade deal with the US could make life-saving drugs unaffordable for the NHS
10 March 2019 - The UK is going to be at a distinct disadvantage in this negotiation – desperate for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2018
Biosimilar drugs promise to slash health care costs in rich countries
8 November 2018 - The world's top-selling drug now faces biosimilars that are 80% cheaper. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2018
Biosimilars for insulin: a cost-saving alternative?
11 August 2018 - The expiry of patents on an insulin analogue has opened the market to the production of biosimilar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2018
NHS cancer nurse who crowdfunded her own cancer drug treatment thanks donors for extending her life
31 May 2018 - ‘I would love all drugs to be available on the NHS but it is not a bottomless ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2018
Why do new medicines cost so much, and what can we do about it?
9 April 2018 - The cost of new drugs is putting increasing pressure on people in both rich and poor countries. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2018
New drugs: patient hope or harm?
26 March 2018 - Debate on whether new drugs are too expensive for the NHS continues to rage, and contradictory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2018
Resolving the “cost-effective but unaffordable” paradox: estimating the health opportunity costs of non-marginal budget impacts
22 March 2018 - Considering whether or not a proposed investment (an intervention, technology, or program of care) is affordable is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2018
Affordability of new technologies: the next frontier
22 March 2018 - Affordability, or rather a lack of it, has become a new buzzword in health policy. It is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2018
NHS prescription charges are rising – here’s how to keep them down
3 March 2016 - Here’s what you need to know about the increase – and how to get cheaper everyday medicines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2017
'Drugs are too expensive for the NHS – and people are paying with their lives’
20 December 2017 - Don’t blame the NHS for denying vital medication, say members of a new activist group, Just Treatment. ...