New access tool launched as part of SMC’s joint work on streamlining patient access to innovative medicines

8 March 2022 - A new UK wide health technology assessment access forum has been developed by partners including the ...

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Breast cancer patients in Scotland are set to receive tumour blasting wonder drug that starts working in weeks - sparking hopes of a wider rollout for NHS patients across the rest of the UK

23 January 2022 - A breast cancer drug that can melt away tumours in weeks has been given the green ...

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Scotland is first country to offer free digital therapies to every adult

13 October 2021 - The Scottish Government has announced that all Scottish adults will now have access to "digital therapeutics" ...

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Scotland opens door to Translarna for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

13 April 2021 - A disparity in UK access to a medicine for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been addressed, after ...

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World's most expensive drug given the green light in Scotland

8 March 2021 - A medicine known as the most expensive in the world has been approved to treat a rare ...

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SMC to support innovative new medicines pathway

29 December 2020 - Experts from the Scottish Medicines Consortium are to support a new licensing and access pathway which ...

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After NICE okay, Scots denied access to Vifor’s Veltassa

10 November 2020 - The SMC has ruled that there’s not enough evidence to support NHS funding of Vifor Pharma’s ...

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SMC plays key role in helping to secure access to COVID-19 treatments

15 September 2020 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium is part of a UK-wide multi-agency initiative to secure access to potential ...

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SMC accepts three new health technologies for interim use

7 September 2020 - In what appears to be a new process, the SMC has accepted three new technologies for ...

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ICR welcomes approval of immunotherapy for head and neck cancer in Scotland but warns of ‘home nations lottery’

7 September 2020 - The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has welcomed the approval by the Scottish Medicines Consortium of ...

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Four new medicines accepted by SMC through an expedited approach

7 September 2020 - Medicines accepted to minimise delay in patient access following the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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'Tears of joy' as new drug ready for cystic fibrosis patient

8 August 2020 - A woman waiting for the approval of a delayed drug that could save her life says ...

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Supporting innovative medicines funding in Scotland

21 January 2020 - Scotland receives superb value from the latest medicines and vaccines thanks to robust measures which ensure ...

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Vertex announces new access agreement with Scottish Government for Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and Symkevi (tezacaftor/ivacaftor)

12 September 2019 - Eligible patients in Scotland will immediately have access to Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and Symkevi (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) in combination with ...

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Brexit: 'No guarantee' of medicines if no EU deal agreed

14 July 2019 - Scottish Brexit Secretary Mike Russell has said he cannot absolutely guarantee the supply of medicine to ...

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