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Melphalan flufenamide hydrochloride in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
25 April 2024 - NICE is unable to make a recommendation on the use of melphalan flufenamide hydrochloride (Pepaxti) in combination ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2024
Children and teenagers with an aggressive form of brain cancer set to benefit after NICE recommends new life-extending drug combination treatment
24 April 2024 - A new targeted drug combination treatment, described as a ‘step-change in care’ for children and young ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2024
Pembrolizumab in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer
24 April 2024 - NICE is unable to make a recommendation on the use of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in combination with cisplatin ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2024
More treatment options proposed for people with multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic syndrome
23 April 2024 - PHARMAC is proposing to fund more treatments for people with a type of blood cancer, multiple ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2024
Children and young adults to benefit after NICE recommends personalised immunotherapy to treat blood cancer be made routinely available on the NHS
11 April 2024 - Innovative CAR-T therapy recommended to treat an aggressive form of leukaemia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2024
Mum’s plea: ‘I’m dying but $7.70 could save my kids’
10 April 2024 - Amelia Ramsay has battled all her life – and now she may have to watch her kids ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2024
Cabozantinib maleate in combination with nivolumab for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
10 April 2024 - NICE has published final evidence-based recommendations on the use of cabozantinib maleate (Cabometyx) in combination with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2024
Dostarlimab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with advanced or recurrent, high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency endometrial cancer
3 April 2024 - NICE has published final evidence-based recommendations on the use of dostarlimab (Jemperli) in combination with platinum-based ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2024
Polatuzumab vedotin in untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: one step forward, two steps back
2 April 2024 - Roche designed its trial for both approval and health technology assessments but the analyses planned for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2024
Cancer experts urge PHARMAC to fast-track 'life-saving' Keytruda
2 April 2024 - Breast cancer experts have urged PHARMAC to fast-track the drug Keytruda, for Kiwis with an aggressive ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2024
PHARMAC funds new treatments for breast and blood cancer
27 March 2024 - PHARMAC is funding two new cancer treatments, one for advanced breast cancer (ribociclib succinate) and one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2024
Cost and value of cancer medicines in a single payer public health system in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study
26 March 2024 - We describe temporal trends in expenditure on cancer medicines within the single-payer health system of Ontario, Canada, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2024
Ivosidenib with azacitidine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia with an IDH1 R132 mutation
28 February 2024 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on the use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2024
Epcoritamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after two or more systemic treatments
6 March 2024 - NICE has published final evidence-based recommendations on the use of epcoritamab (Tepkinly) for the treatment of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2024
NICE publishes final draft guidance on Enhertu after commercial discussions conclude without a price to make it a cost-effective use of NHS resources
6 March 2024 - NICE has published final draft guidance that does not recommend Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan; Daiichi Sankyo) for treating ...