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SMC - February 2019 decisions
11 February 2019 - A medicine used to treat a rare blood cancer in children and young adults has today ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2019
Life-extending drug Perjeta approved for secondary breast cancer
14 January 2019 - A drug used to treat advanced breast cancer has been approved for use on the NHS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2019
SMC - January 2019 decisions
14 January 2019 - A medicine used to treat advanced breast cancer has today been accepted by the SMC for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2018
Perjeta given green light in Scotland as early stage breast cancer treatment
10 December 2018 - Hundreds of breast cancer patients are expected to benefit after a sought-after drug was approved for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2018
SMC - December 2018 decisions
10 December 2018 - A medicine used to treat early stage breast cancer has been accepted by the SMC for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2018
SMC - September 2018 decisions
10 September 2018 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium, has today published advice accepting four new medicines for use by NHSScotland. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2018
Drug approved for leukaemia treatment
11 June 2018 - A drug that reduces the chances of relapse for people with an aggressive type of leukaemia ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2018
Call for Scottish breast cancer drug deal
10 May 2018 - Ruth Davidson has called for a deal to allow a breast cancer drug that is offered ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2018
Fresh hopes that breast cancer drug Perjeta will be made available in Scotland
22 March 2018 - Breast cancer campaigners have welcomed talks aimed at making a life-extending drug available to women in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2018
Breast cancer drug approved for NHS use
13 March 2018 - The use of new drugs to treat breast cancer and Hodgkin’s lymphoma has been approved, bringing Scottish ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Mar 2018
Analysis: new drug decisions and NHS spending conundrums
12 March 2018 - The latest round of drug decisions from the Scottish Medicines Consortium throws up the usual mix ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2018
Scots patients with advanced bladder cancer get first new drug for 25 years after SMC approves pembrolizumab
12 February 2018 - Bladder cancer patients whose tumours have spread are set to get a new drug on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2018
SMC - February 2018 decisions
12 February 2018 - Medicines for bladder cancer, skin cancer and multiple sclerosis among five new treatments accepted for use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2018
Scottish Medicines Consortium rejects cancer drugs for routine use on NHS
15 January 2018 - Drugs used to treat two rare cancers have been turned down for routine use by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2017
New breast cancer drug approved for use in Scotland
11 December 2017 - A new breast cancer drug has been approved for use on the NHS in Scotland. ...