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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 13 Mar 2018
SMC - March 2018 decisions
12 March 2018 - SMC accepts new medicines for breast cancer and Hodgkin’s lymphoma for use by NHSScotland ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2018
SMC approves NHS funding for UCB’s Vimpat in children
20 February 2018 - Children living in Scotland with epilepsy will get NHS-funded treatment with UCB’s Vimpat following a green ...
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 15 Jan 2018
SMC - January 2018 decisions
15 January 2018 - SMC publishes advice on four new medicines. ...
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2017
SMC - December 2017 decisions
11 December 2017 - SMC accepts three new medicines for use by NHSScotland ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2017
SMC - November 2017 decisions
13 November 2017 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium has today published advice accepting three new medicines for use by NHSScotland. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2017
Patients in Scotland first to get new blood cancer drug daratumumab on NHS
9 October 2017 - An innovative new drug for the treatment of a complex blood cancer has been approved for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2017
SMC - October 2017 decisions
9 October 2017 - SMC accepts medicines for hepatitis C and multiple myeloma for use by NHSScotland. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2017
SMC - September 2017 decisions
11 September 2017 - SMC accepts four new medicines for use by NHSScotland ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
Blood cancer drug accepted for NHS use in Scotland
7 August 2017 - A drug which can increase survival rates for blood cell cancer sufferers has been accepted for ...