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D-day for women battling to get breast cancer drug Kadcyla
10 April 2017 - The drug Kadcyla is known to extend life by at least six months and in many case ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Mar 2017
SMC - March 2017 decisions
13 March 2017 - The SMC has today published advice accepting a medicine used to treat follicular lymphoma for routine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2017
'Give us the chance to live': mum suffering from breast cancer begs for life-extending drug Kadcyla to be available on NHS
1 March 2017 - Lesley Stephen watched her friend Annie die of cancer after being refused the drug and decided to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2017
Botox to be prescribed on NHS in Scotland for migraine patients
13 February 2017 - Botox will be prescribed on the NHS in Scotland for the first time to treat patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2017
SMC - February 2017 decisions
13 February 2017 - Treatments for cancer, cholesterol and chronic migraines among medicines accepted for routine use by NHS Scotland. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2017
SMC - January 2017 decisions
16 January 2017 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium has today published advice accepting four new medicines for routine use in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2016
Review of access to new medicines report
15 December 2016 - The Scottish Government has published Dr Brian Montgomery’s Review of Access to New Medicines, which assesses ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2016
Scots miss out on breast cancer drug ‘withheld’ from NHS use
12 December 2016 - Scottish women will miss out on a drug that can shrink breast cancer tumours before surgery, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2016
SMC - December 2016 decisions
12 December 2016 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium has today published advice accepting a medicine used to treat advanced prostate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2016
Pancreatic cancer: new treatment could see advanced patients live twice as long
24 November 2016 - Advanced pancreatic cancer patients in Scotland may benefit from a new treatment which could allow them to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2016
SMC - November 2016 decisions
7 November 2016 - Five new medicines accepted for routine use in Scotland. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2016
People with an advanced form of thyroid cancer now able to benefit from Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate) in Scotland
10 October 2016 - Patients in England denied access to lenvatinib mesylate due to administrative delays. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Life-extending lung cancer drug approved for use in Scotland
10 October 2016 - Scotland has become the first part of the UK to approve a new life-extending treatment for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
SMC - October 2016 decisions
10 October 2016 - New treatments for thyroid cancer and lung cancer among five medicines accepted for routine use by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Leading rheumatologist appointed new chair of SMC
7 October 2016 - One of Scotland’s leading rheumatologists has been appointed as the next chair of the SMC. ...