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CDF chair: more treatment reviews to come

January 16, 2015
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS, NHS England, NICE, peter clark

The chair of NHS England’s cancer drugs fund has said there is likely to be more reviews of affordable treatments …

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NHS drops 25 treatments from Cancer Drugs Fund

January 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing Afinitor, CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Eisa, Halaven, Heribulin, Jevtana, NHS, Sanofi, Zaltrap, aflibercept, cabazitaxel, everolimus

Twenty-five cancer treatments will be removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund list, NHS England has announced. Having concluded its review …

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AstraZeneca drops CDF application

January 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CDF, Cancer, NHS, NICE, lynparza, olaparib

AstraZeneca has withdrawn its application for its drug Lynparza to be on the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), citing concerns with …

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Celgene UK: market access is a complex business

December 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abraxane, CDF, Cancer, Celgene, PPRS, Revlimid, market access, sam pierce

Being a firm that specialises in cancer drugs, Celgene UK is no stranger to England’s notoriously rigorous approach to expensive …

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Labour to extend cancer drugs funding if elected

December 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Labour, NHS, NICE, andy burnham, election

Labour has committed to continuing the Cancer Drugs Fund system under the guise of a new £330 million ‘Cancer Treatment …

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Astellas ‘app challenge’ aims to inspire future talent

December 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Astellas, CDF, CRUK, Ken Jones, app, my jar, stem

Last week Astellas announced the winner of its Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills Innovation Challenge competition at an …

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Charity ‘deeply concerned’ on CDF changes

November 13, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NICE, breakthrough breast cancer, palframan

A leading cancer charity has warned that a number of key drugs are at risk of being withdrawn from patients …

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Wales Assembly facing questions over cancer

November 5, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, Wales, Welsh, assembly, drugs fund, oncology

The state of cancer services in Wales has come under increased scrutiny this week as the country’s ability to provide …

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Public opinion divided over UK drugs spend

October 7, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, CDF, NHS, NICE, PPRS, UK, coalition, drugs spending, government

A new survey conducted for the ABPI shows that public opinion on whether the UK spends enough money on medicines …

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NHS England consults on Cancer Drugs Fund

October 6, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NHS England, commissioning, oncology

NHS England is declaring new changes to the way the Cancer Drugs Fund operates in order to plug a major …

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NICE: Cancer Drugs Fund must use our processes

September 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, David Haslam, Kadcyla, NICE, Roche

NICE believes that the Cancer Drugs Fund should be aligned with its cost-effectiveness processes, after the government recently announced a …

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NICE rejects Kadcyla

April 23, 2014
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Genentech, Kadcyla, NHS, NICE, Roche

NICE has delivered a severe blow to Roche by rejecting its breast cancer ‘smart bomb’ Kadcyla for NHS use in …

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NICE says ‘no’ to Xofigo

March 24, 2014
Sales and Marketing Bayer, CDF, NHS, NICE, abiraterone, prostate, xofigo

NICE has dealt Bayer a severe blow by not approving prostate cancer drug Xofigo for use on the NHS in …

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A treatment room view

February 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NICE, Roche, avastin, hinsely

A little more than a year ago, Lisa Hinsley’s prospects were not good. The mother of three had been diagnosed …

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Kadcyla launches in UK

February 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Kadcyla, NHS, Roche, breast

 Roche’s Kadcyla, indicated to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer, has launched today in the UK.Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) which …

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