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NICE recommends Takhzyro
18 September 2019 - NICE - a health technology appraisal body in England and Wales - has recommended the use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2019
'A child's health should not be a postcode lottery': anger of cystic fibrosis sufferers forced to pay £20,000 for drug abroad
17 September 2019 - Patients have formed a buyers' club to source a version of Orkambi after the drug's manufacturer and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2019
News NHS England explores funding options for cystic fibrosis drug
17 September 2019 - NHS England is “committed to exploring and developing alternative routes” to enable people with cystic fibrosis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2019
Batten disease treatment: parents win battle ahead of court date
11 September 2019 - Families of children with a rare degenerative disease have won their fight for funding for NHS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
NICE publishes its 600th technology appraisal guidance
12 September 2019 - The guidance relates to the use of pembrolizumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Children with rare inherited condition to benefit from drug through managed access agreement
11 September 2019 - It is estimated that in the UK there are around 30 to 50 children living with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Government injects £130 million into cancer & debilitating illnesses
11 September 2019 - The UK government has announced an investment of over £130 million for new tech to tackle ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2019
Subscription model for antibiotic development
6 September 2019 - An unlikely answer to the global crisis in antibiotic resistance. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2019
Will the UK run out of insulin and other vital medicines in a no-deal Brexit?
9 September 2019 - All but the most brazen companies aim to win their customers’ trust. But for businesses supplying ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
NHS funds eye gene therapy, after Novartis cuts £613,000 price
4 September 2019 - NICE has recommended the NHS should fund Novartis’ Luxturna for a rare eye disorder, after the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
NICE recommends novel gene therapy treatment for rare inherited eye disorder
4 September 2019 - It's estimated that 86 people would be eligible for treatment with voretigene neparvovec in England. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
NHS saves more than £700 million on medicines costs
2 September 2019 - The NHS has announced that it has saved more than £700 million from the annual medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
NHS leaders warn of no-deal Brexit flu vaccine delays
30 August 2019 - A no-deal Brexit would make delays in the flu vaccine supply this year “likely”, according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2019
Assessing the health effects of a “no deal” Brexit
29 August 2019 - Boris Johnson says that the UK will leave the EU on the 31 October 2019, “do ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
Who could replace Sir Andrew Dillon at NICE?
28 August 2019 - With Sir Andrew Dillon announcing his retirement as chief executive of NICE, pharmaphorum discusses potential replacements ...