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NICE recommends Skyrizi, Forxiga
15 July 2019 - NICE has recommended two new drugs on the NHS, AbbVie’s Skyrizi (risankizumab) and AstraZeneca’s Forxiga (dapagliflozin) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2019
NICE recommends innovative treatment for type 1 diabetes
12 July 2019 - It’s estimated that around 90,000 people could be eligible for treatment with dapagliflozin. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2019
Amazon’s Alexa to offer NHS health care advice
10 July 2019 - The UK Government has announced that the NHS has plans to collaborate with Amazon to provide ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
'Amazing' gene-silencing drugs reach NHS
9 July 2019 - A new form of medicine called "gene-silencing" has been approved for use by the NHS in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
GSK welcomes the UK trial of subscription-style payment system for pharma companies to incentivise creation of new antibiotics
9 July 2019 - GSK is committed to tackling antimicrobial resistance as part of a sustained, multi-stakeholder response to this global ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
UK launches subscription style payment pilot to incentivise pharma antibiotics R&D
9 July 2019 - The UK is to try out a subscription-style payment model aimed at incentivising pharma and biotech ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
NICE Onpattro approval puts Alnylam back in hATTR running
9 July 2019 - NICE has recommended the use of Alynylam’s Onpattro (patisiran), after issuing a preliminary ‘no’, back in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Cystic fibrosis scandal: Drugs boss tells boy, 9, he wants NHS deal to save lives
8 July 2019 - The millionaire boss of a US drugs firm has penned a personal letter to a boy with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
NHS England scraps 7 more drugs on prescription
8 July 2019 - NHS England has issued a new guidance scrapping seven medicines from its prescriptions list, estimating to save ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
AstraZeneca boss calls for NHS drug approval shake-up
5 July 2019 - AstraZeneca has called for a wholesale review of the way new drugs are paid for in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2019
AZ appeals against NICE rejection of Tagrisso in untreated lung cancer
5 July 2019 - AstraZeneca is appealing against NICE’s decision not to recommend funding for its lung cancer drug Tagrisso ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2019
Device for preventing and relieving pain of cluster headaches approved by NICE in draft guidance
5 July 2019 - A handheld device that delivers a small electric current has been recommended by NICE for the prevention ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2019
Life-extending lung cancer treatment recommended for use on the NHS
5 July 2019 - Dacomitinib has been recommended as a first-line treatment option for people with a type of non-small-cell lung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2019
Spinraza access agreement extended
3 July 2019 - More children with the rare genetic disorder spinal muscular atrophy can now be treated with Spinraza after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2019
Immediately after EU nod, England’s NHS funds Sanofi skin cancer drug
2 July 2019 - Patients in England will be among those who are first to benefit from Sanofi and Regeneron’s ...