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‘A global outlier’: how drug firms are fighting back against UK tax increases
13 April 2023 - With the UK tax on net sales of branded medicines quadrupling over the past three years, medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2023
How ‘surrogate outcomes’ influence long-term health outcomes
13 April 2023 - NICE working with international organisations to develop guidance. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2023
Regulatory, health technology assessment and company interactions: the current landscape and future ecosystem for drug development, review and reimbursement
11 April 2023 - The aims of this study were to review the current interactions within and across regulatory and HTA ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2023
HTA barriers for conditional approval drugs
12 April 2023 - The objective of this study is to assess whether conditionally approved drugs face higher probabilities of HTA ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2023
NICE final draft guidance recommends olaparib for early breast cancer and metastatic prostate cancer following new commercial deals
6 April 2023 - Ground breaking commercial deals for the anti-cancer medicine olaparib have paved the way for hundreds to benefit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2023
Trastuzumab deruxtecan for the treatment of patients with HER2 positive unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer after anti-HER2 treatment
6 April 2023 - NICE is unable to make a recommendation on the use of trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2023
Ipsen reacts to NICE’s Cabometyx verdict
5 April 2023 - Company disappointed by institute’s failure to recommend thyroid cancer therapy for specific patient group ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2023
Daridorexant for the treatment of patients with insomnia disorder
3 April 2023 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked the NICE to produce guidance on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2023
Hundreds of people are set to receive the first immunotherapy drug for advanced cervical cancer through the Cancer Drugs Fund
29 March 2023 - It is estimated that around 400 people with advanced cervical cancer will be eligible for pembrolizumab ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2023
Finerenone for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes
23 March 2023 - NICE has issued evidence-based recommendations on the use of finerenone (Kerendia) for the treatment of adults ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2023
Nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy for the neo-adjuvant treatment of patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer
22 March 2023 - NICE has published evidence based recommendations on the use of nivolumab (Opdivo) in combination with chemotherapy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2023
NICE recommended weight loss drug to be made available in specialist NHS services
8 March 2023 - Thousands of people will soon be able to be prescribed a drug to help them lose weight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2023
Ozempic-like weight loss drug Wegovy coming to the UK market, and it will cost a fraction of what Americans pay
3 March 2023 - Major drug store chains in the United Kingdom plan to start selling the weight loss drug Wegovy, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2023
ABPI response to Government Statutory Scheme rise
2 March 2023 - The Government has confirmed plans to raise the revenue clawback rate paid by pharmaceutical firms subject ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2023
Asfotase alfa for the treatment of certain patients with paediatric-onset hypophosphatasia
1 March 2023 - This evaluation reviews the evidence for asfotase alfa for the treatment of patients with paediatric‑onset hypophosphatasia (HST6), ...