Cancer Drugs Fund
Pfizer’s Ibrance combo authorised via the Cancer Drugs Fund for advanced breast cancer
January 15, 2020Research and Development Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE, Pfizer, ibrance, pharma
NICE, the drug watchdog for England and Wales, has given its approval for Pfizer’s Ibrance (palbociclib) in combination with AstraZeneca’s …
Pfizer’s Ibrance approved by NICE, to be added to the Cancer Drugs Fund
November 28, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, breast cancer, ibrance, pharma
Today it was announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended Pfizer’s Ibrance (palbociclib) to …
NICE rejects Keytruda for routine use in NHS bladder cancer treatment
November 27, 2019Research and Development Cancer Drugs Fund, bladder cancer, cancer research
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has given an initial ‘no’ for Keytruda’s (pembrolizumab) use in treating …
AstraZeneca’s Lynparza approved via Cancer Drugs Fund for BRCA+ gynaecological cancers
July 26, 2019Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS, NICE, UK, lynparza, pharma
NICE has published final guidance which approves AstraZeneca’s Lynparza (olaparib) for use on the NHS as a maintenance therapy for …
BMS Opdivo/Yervoy recommended for untreated kidney cancer via Cancer Drugs Fund
April 5, 2019Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Kidney cancer, NICE, UK, Yervoy, opdivo
NICE has revealed it is recommending that Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab), in combination with Yervoy (ipilimumab), be made available to …
Opdivo to be made available to UK melanoma patients via the Cancer Drugs Fund
November 30, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE, UK, melanoma, pharma
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s blockbuster immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab) is set to be made available to patients in the UK via the Cancer …
Cancer Drugs Fund to offer MSD’s Keytruda for lung cancer
November 22, 2018Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS, NICE, UK, keytruda, pharma
MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) will now be made available via the Cancer Drugs Fund for patients in England, as NICE announces …
Kymriah to be made available in UK for paediatric leukaemia patients via Cancer Drugs Fund
November 15, 2018Sales and Marketing CAR-T, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Kymriah, NHS, NICE, leukaemia, pharma
NICE has announced its recommendation that Novartis’ CAR-T cell therapy Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) be made available in the treatment of relapsed …
BMS agrees deal on Opdivo availability through Cancer Drugs Fund for head and neck cancer
October 13, 2017Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CDF, Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE, opdivo, pharma, pharmaceutical
Thanks to successful negotiation of a managed access agreement, NICE has announced its recommendation of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) for …
NICE gives final draft guidance on two key cancer drugs
October 12, 2017Sales and Marketing Bayer, CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Erivedge, NICE, Roche, Stivarga
NICE has announced it has published its final draft guidance for two cancer treatments, covering Bayer’s Stivarga (regorafenib) in the …
NICE and the CDF: Are they still up to scratch?
October 4, 2016Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE
Originally published in the October issue of Pharmafocus, Matt Fellows explores medical and pharmaceutical opinion of the divisive institute to …
The September issue of Pharmafocus is now live!
August 31, 2016Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myer's Squibb, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CDF, Cancer Drugs Fund, Cloud Computing, Pharmafocus, Pharmafocus new issue, brexit, clinical trial transparaency, opdivo
The latest edition of Pharmafocus is available online now. In this issue, we explore the future of the clinical trial …
NICE says Afinitor and Imbruvica “may be removed” from Cancer Drugs Fund
August 18, 2016Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Afinitor, Cancer Drugs Fund, Janssen, NICE, Novartis, imbruvica
NICE has published draft guidance advising the removal of Novartis’s Afinitor (everolimus) and Janssen’s Imbruvica (ibrutinib) from the Cancer Drugs …
Old CDF drug not recommended in initial NICE guidance due to lack of evidence
August 10, 2016Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Adcetris, Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE, Takeda, hodgkin's lymphoma
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance not recommending Takeda’s Adectris (brentuximab vedotin), despite …
Roche urges reform of Cancer Drugs Fund as NICE takes control
July 29, 2016Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE, Roche
Roche has warned that cancer patients in England are facing into an “uncertain future” as the new Cancer Drugs Fund …
