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Integrating early economic evaluation into target product profile development for medical tests: advantages and potential applications
7 June 2021 - Target product profiles outline the characteristics that new health care technologies require to address an unmet clinical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2021
NICE recommends Tecentriq for first-line NSCLC
7 June 2021 - NICE has recommended Roche’s Tecentriq (atezolizumab) monotherapy for untreated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2021
NICE publishes appraisal consultation document for medicine for excessive daytime sleepiness
3 June 2021 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked the NICE to produce guidance on using pitolisant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2021
NICE turns down GSK's IV Benlysta for systemic lupus
4 June 2021 - NICE has rejected NHS funding for an intravenous formulation of GlaxoSmithKline's Benlysta (belimumab) as an add-on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2021
NICE ‘no’ to Roche’s risdiplam for SMA not unexpected, says patient group
2 June 2021 - NICE has rejected routine NHS funding for Roche’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) for spinal muscular atrophy drug in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2021
NICE draft guidance does not recommend risdiplam for treating spinal muscular atrophy
2 June 2021 - NICE has today published draft guidance for public consultation which does not recommend risdiplam (Evrysdi, Roche) for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2021
Examining the impact of different country processes for appraising rare disease treatments: a case study analysis
31 May 2021 - Conventional appraisal and reimbursement processes are being challenged by the increasing number of rare disease treatments with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2021
NICE green lights Tremfya to treat active psoriatic arthritis
28 May 2021 - Janssen’s IL-23 inhibitor Tremfya has been accepted for NHS use by the UK’s NICE for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2021
NICE terminates yet another two appraisals
26 May 2021 - This is becoming far too commonplace. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
NICE nod for BMS’ Opdivo in advanced oesophageal cancer
14 May 2021 - The UK NICE has recommended Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo for the treatment of unresectable advanced oesophageal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
NICE turns down Janssen's Erleada
20 May 2021 - NICE has published draft guidance rejecting Janssen's Erleada (apalutamide) with androgen deprivation therapy for treating prostate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
Patients with rare blood disorders to receive new treatment option, says NICE
20 May 2021 - Hundreds of people with two rare blood disorders will soon have access to a new treatment regimen ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2021
Pfizer withdraws evidence submission for Staquis
19 May 2021 - NICE is unable to make a recommendation on the use of crisaborole for the treatment of people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2021
NICE terminates yet another appraisal of a cancer medicine
19 May 2021 - This time it is for a new medicine for patients with multiple myeloma. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
Northern Ireland faces ‘huge’ rise in generic medicine prices
18 May 2021 - Large increase likely after end of Brexit grace period, warns UUP head Simon Aiken. ...