nhs scotland
Novartis receives SMC approval for early breast cancer treatment
November 11, 2025Research and Development Novartis, Scottish Medicines Consortium, breast cancer, nhs scotland
Novartis has announced that its treatment for early breast cancer, Kisqali (ribociclib), has received approval for use within NHS Scotland …
Pharma&’s ovarian cancer therapy approved for use by NHS Scotland
October 29, 2025Pharma&, Rubraca, Scottish Medicines Consortium, nhs scotland, oncology, ovarian cancer
Pharma& has announced that its treatment for ovarian cancer, Rubraca (rucaparib), has been accepted by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) …
Forxiga accepted for use within NHS Scotland for chronic heart failure
April 14, 2021Research and Development AstraZeneca, nhs scotland
AstraZeneca have announced that Forxiga (dapagliflozin) has been accepted for use within NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) …
Alexion’s Ondexxya approved for NHS Scotland to treat uncontrolled and life-threatening bleeds
September 9, 2020Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alexion, NHS, Ondexxya, Scotland, nhs scotland
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has given its recommendation to Alexion’s Ondexxya (andexanet alfa) to routine use on NHS Scotland …
Scottish Medicines Consortium enables access to treatment for rare inherited bone disorder in children
February 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production Crysvita, Kyowa Kirin, SMC, Scottish Medicine Consortium, nhs scotland
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has enabled access to Kyowa Kirin’s Crysvita (burosumab) for the NHS in Scotland to treat …
Sanofi and Regeneron’s Libtayo approved on NHS Scotland for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
February 11, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Libtayo, NHS, Regeneron, Sanofi, Scotland, nhs scotland, pharma
Scottish patients will now be able to access Sanofi and Regeneron’s Libtayo (cemiplimab) via the NHS after it became known …
HIV infections fall by 73% in bi and gay British men
January 16, 2020Business Services AIDS, AIDS Epidemic, HIV, NHS, NHS England, PrEP, nhs scotland
Public Health England has released figures that show that HIV rates in bi and gay men have fallen by 73% …
NHS Scotland recommends Janssen’s Zytiga combo for newly diagnosed prostate cancer
January 13, 2020Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, Scotland, nhs scotland, prostate cancer
Janssen’s Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) has just been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), meaning that male patients on the …
NHS Scotland gives green light to funding haemophilia A drug Hemlibra
December 18, 2019Research and Development NHS, haemophilia, haemophilia B, haemophilia a, nhs scotland
NHS Scotland has commissioned Hemlibra (emicizumab), by Chungai Pharma UK Ltd and Roche Products Ltd, to treat people with congenital …
Camurus’ weekly/monthly opioid dependence injection accepted in Scotland for NHS use
August 13, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Camurus, NHS, Scotland, nhs scotland, opioid dependence, opioids, pharma
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has announced its acceptance of Buvidal (buprenorphine prolonged-release solution for subcutaneous injection) from Swedish pharma …
NHS in Scotland deploys mobile healthcare
August 13, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, Safe Patient Systems, Scotland, digital, nhs scotland, tablets
Mobile healthcare firm Safe Patient Systems is partnering with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) to provide mobile healthcare services …
Rise in diabetes ‘alarming’
July 7, 2014Sales and Marketing NHS, diabetes, nhs scotland, type 2
NHS Scotland has spent around £230 million on diabetes and obesity drugs in the past three years, according to data …
