SMC response to COVID-19

22 May 2020 - To prioritise and support the capacity of health and social care services, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the ...

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SMC - April 2020 decisions

13 April 2020 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium, which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today published ...

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SMC - March 2020 decisions

9 March 2020 - The SMC, which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today published advice on ...

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SMC approves first two ‘ultra-orphan’ pathway meds

11 February 2020 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium has released its February guidance, advising six new medicines to NHS Scotland. ...

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SMC - February 2020 decisions

10 February 2020 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium, which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today ...

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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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SMC - January 2020 decisions

13 January 2020 - Medicines which can be used to treat prostate cancer, primary progressive multiple sclerosis, a rare form ...

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NICE and the SMC have published recommendations on Shionogi’s Mulpleo (lusutrombopag), approving its use for the treatment of severe thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic liver disease undergoing invasive procedures

12 December 2019 - Mulpleo (lusutrombopag) is the first licensed treatment to be made available through the National Health Service ...

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Ovarian cancer drug olaparib approved in Scotland as new treatment

9 December 2019 - A maintenance treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer has been approved for use in Scotland. ...

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SMC - December 2019 decisions

9 December 2019 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium, which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today ...

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Breast and kidney cancer drugs get approval for use across Scotland's NHS

11 November 2019 - Medicines for breast and kidney cancers are among five new drugs which can now be used ...

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SMC - November 2019 decisions

11 November 2019 - A medicine used to treat advanced breast cancer has today been accepted by the SMC for ...

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AbbVie’s Skyrizi (risankizumab) accepted for use within NHS Scotland

7 October 2019 - SMC recommendation based on results from four pivotal Phase 3 studies, UltIMMa-1, UltIMMa-2, IMMvent and IMMhance evaluating ...

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SMC - October 2019 decisions

7 October 2019 - Medicines which can be used to treat lymphoma, lung cancer, breast cancer and psoriasis have today been ...

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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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