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Changes to NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds take effect
2 April 2026 - NICE has implemented new measures to evaluate the cost effectiveness of medicines, following a policy change that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2026
Injection for more than a million people to help prevent heart attacks and strokes recommended
1 April 2026 - People who have had a heart attack, stroke, or serious circulation problem in their legs, and who ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2026
NHS spending watchdog to review evidence on Alzheimer’s treatments
20 March 2026 - England’s drugs costs watchdog is to look again at whether new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease should ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2026
500,000 eligible to benefit from new non-hormonal treatment for hot flushes caused by menopause
11 March 2026 - A new treatment option for menopausal hot flushes and night sweats can be used in the NHS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2026
Clinical equivalence and non-inferiority within health technology assessment
23 February 2026 - Non-inferiority and clinical equivalence clinical trials can be used to determine whether a health technology is no ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2026
First treatment for vitiligo recommended by NICE for NHS use, bringing hope to over 80,000 people
24 February 2026 - For the first time, NICE has recommended a medicine that effectively treats the underlying cause of devastating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2026
NICE recommends first ever disease modifying treatment for ARG1 deficiency
17 February 2026 - NICE has recommended the first disease modifying treatment for arginase 1 deficiency (ARG1-D), an ultra-rare, inherited and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2026
New hope for people with breathing condition, COPD, as NICE approves innovative treatment
26 January 2026 - Almost 30,000 people in England with a respiratory disease called COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2026
Thousands could benefit from new take-at-home treatment for advanced prostate cancer
23 January 2026 - NICE recommends life-extending daily pill which offers hope for people who cannot take standard treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2026
Thousands living with lupus offered hope from twice yearly infusion
22 January 2026 - NICE approves breakthrough combination treatment that restores normal kidney function in almost half of patients with lupus ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jan 2026
NICE recommends new treatment option for highly active multiple sclerosis
2 January 2026 - Thousands of people living with a form of multiple sclerosis will benefit from greater treatment choice, following ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Dec 2025
Thousands more people with advanced bowel cancer to benefit as NICE approves bevacizumab biosimilars
24 December 2025 - More than 7,000 people in England will now be able to access to a life-extending treatment for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2025
Changes to NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds confirmed
1 December 2025 - The Government has today announced that it will increase the thresholds NICE uses in evaluations of new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Nov 2025
Hundreds could benefit from life saving blood cancer treatment recommended by NICE
25 November 2025 - People with a rare and aggressive blood cancer will benefit from a potentially life saving treatment, following ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Nov 2025
Alnylam's ATTR cardiomyopathy drug backed for NHS use
21 November 2025 - Patients in England and Wales with cardiomyopathy caused by the disorder ATTR amyloidosis will soon be ...