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Health Secretary Matt Hancock says government may charter flights to deliver medicines in case of no-deal Brexit

December 7, 2018
Medical Communications Matt Hancock, NHS, UK, brexit, no-deal

British health secretary Matt Hancock has said the government is working out ways through which they could charter flights in …

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NICE give go-ahead to Gilead’s Yescarta for adults with lymphoma

December 7, 2018
Medical Communications Cancer, Cost, Gilead, NHS, NICE, Yescarta, access

The NHS cost effectiveness body NICE has approved Gilead’s Yescarta for treatment of come adults with lymphoma. Gilead’s treatment will …

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Cancer drug access for NHS patients is slowing, ICR reports

December 4, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, ICR, Institute of Cancer Research, NHS, NICE, UK, pharma

A new report from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has indicated that NHS patients in the UK are suffering …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

November 30, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, Immuno Biotech, NHS, Roche, autism, biosimilars, pharma, top ten

We’ve come to the end of November, and with only one month of the year left to go, the industry …

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UK cervical cancer screening rates fall to 21-year low

November 28, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, NHS, UK, cervical cancer, pharma

A report by NHS Digital has revealed that cervical cancer screening coverage has fallen to 71.4%, down from 72% in …

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NHS to save £300 million by switching to Humira biosimilars

November 27, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Humira, Mylan, NHS, Sandoz, adalimumab, biosimilars, pharrma

NHS England has announced that the health service is set to save £300 million by switching to biosimilar versions of …

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NHS hospitals paying 167% more for drugs since 2010/11

November 23, 2018
Medical Communications Cost, NHS, UK, hospitals, pricing

Medicines are costing the NHS more than 50% more than a decade ago, while hospitals are paying more than twice …

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Cancer Drugs Fund to offer MSD’s Keytruda for lung cancer

November 22, 2018
Sales 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 …

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MSD’s Keytruda to treat melanoma in England on the Cancer Drugs Fund

November 19, 2018
Sales and Marketing England, MSD, NHS, UK, keytruda, melanoma, pharma

MSD’s blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) will now be made available to patients in England via the Cancer Drugs Fund, it …

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Kymriah to be made available in UK for paediatric leukaemia patients via Cancer Drugs Fund

November 15, 2018
Sales 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 …

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Eisai’s Lenvima wins over NICE in liver cancer in just three months

November 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Eisai, Lenvima, Levantinib, NHS, NICE, UK, liver cancer, pharma

Eisai has revealed that its multireceptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Lenvima (lenvatinib) has been recommended by NICE, meaning it can now …

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NICE fail to recommend AstraZeneca’s cancer drug Olaparib on cost effectiveness basis

November 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, NHS, NICE, UK, olaparib, pharma

Britain’s cost effectiveness body the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has chosen not to recommend AstraZeneca’s Olaparib …

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NHS diabetes prescriptions top £1 billion a year

November 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Health Education England, NHS, UK, diabetes, pharma

The NHS in England is now spending over £1billion a year on diabetes prescriptions, almost doubling in the last decade, …

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Jazz Pharma’s Vyxeos secures NICE recommendation in acute myeloid leukaemia

November 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, NICE, UK, Vyxeos, acute myeloid leukaemia, jazz pharmaceuticals, pharma

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has revealed that NICE has chosen to recommend that its 44mg/100mg powder formulation of Vyxeos for concentrate for …

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AbbVie sue NHS over hepatitis C drug procurement

November 8, 2018
Business Services AbbVie, NHS, britain, court, hep C, hepatitis, ruling

American pharma firm AbbVie are suing Britain’s NHS after claiming that the health service’s procurement of hepatitis C drugs breached …

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