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ABPI response to Government Statutory Scheme rise
2 March 2023 - The Government has confirmed plans to raise the revenue clawback rate paid by pharmaceutical firms subject ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2023
ABPI sets out new proposals to support the NHS and economic growth
1 March 2023 - The pharmaceutical industry’s offer includes an annual £1 billion boost to the NHS as well as an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2021
NHS prescription charges to rise in price today
1 April 2021 - Millions of people will pay more for prescriptions from today as new rates come into force across ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2021
NHS prescription charges set to rise in England
2 March 2021 - The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase to £9.35 from 1 April 2021 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Sep 2019
Labour will abolish prescription fees for everyone in England, party to announce
21 September 2019 - Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to abolish charges for all medicine prescribed by NHS doctors, as he ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2019
Charging for technology appraisals and highly specialised technologies
27 March 2019 - From 1 April 2019 NICE will charge for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies assessments. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2019
Prescriptions to rise to £9 from April
25 February 2019 - The government has announced another rise in prescription costs for medicines dispensed on the NHS in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2018
NICE appraisal fees to be introduced despite opposition
14 December 2018 - Concessions made for small companies. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Promising more appraisal capacity, NICE revives industry fee idea
10 August 2018 - Rising workload and shrinking budget making charges inevitable. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2018
Personalised medicine and pay for performance: should pharmaceutical firms be fully penalised when treatment fails?
17 June 2018 - In this article, we model the behaviour of a pharmaceutical firm that has marketing authorisation for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2018
Who should pay for HTA?
11 June 2018 - Part of the drive for strengthening EU cooperation on health technology assessment is to tackle duplication ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2018
Prescription charge in England to rise
27 February 2018 - The government is aiming to increase the prescription charge by 20 pence, to help it deliver ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2017
Pause on NICE’s cost recovery plans
16 January 2017 - Plans for NICE to recover the costs of its appraisals of drugs, medical devices and diagnostics, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2016
Will NICE "go commercial"?
17 November 2016 - NICE, like the NHS it supports, is looking at how to make big savings. One option ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2016
Deal or delay: NICE's new negotiating chip
20 October 2016 - With the UK's NHS facing a financial challenge that shows no signs of abating any time ...