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Health ministers vow NHS tech revolution

September 3, 2015
Medical Communications Jeremy Hunt, NHS, data protection, digital technology, george freeman

UK health ministers have challenged the NHS to fully utilise technology, to empower patients to manage their own healthcare needs.Their …

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NHS approves electronic consent technology in clinical trials

August 28, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development Mytrus, NHS, clinical trials, digital health technology, electronic informed consent

Clinical technology and services company Mytrus has announced that its software platform for electronic informed consent has received approval for …

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NHS restriction of CML treatment in England criticised

August 27, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, chronic myeloid leukaemia, leukaemia

Medical experts have criticised NHS cost regulators’ decision to limit the use of Ariad’s Iclusig (ponatinib) in the treatment of …

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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt

Doctors ‘face jail over pharma payments’

August 24, 2015
Sales and Marketing ABPI, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, PMCPA, bribery, doctor payments, health secretary, transparency

Healthcare professionals who have inappropriate financial links with pharma companies will face prosecution and up to 10 years in jail, …

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Cost of diabetes treatment in England rises

August 12, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, diabetes, health and social care information centre, prescribing

As diabetes patients increase in numbers the cost of treating the disease in England has increased to more than £800 …

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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt

Price tags on medicine packs a “headline grabbing gimmick”

August 7, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Drug pricing, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, adherence, compliance

Plans to include a price tag on prescription medicines in England worth more than £20 have been dismissed as a …

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Cancer Drugs Fund assessment to be handed over to NICE

July 22, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS, NHS England, NHSE, NICE, cost effectiveness, cost-effectiveness

NICE will oversee the evaluation of Cancer Drugs Fund treatments in future, under new plans due for consultation by NHS …

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Conservative announce NHS to receive a further £8 billion by 2020

July 9, 2015
Budget, Chancellor, Chancellor of the exchequer, Conservatives, George Osborne, NHS, NHS funding, Tories, funding, government

The Conservative Government has confirmed the NHS will receive £10 billion in funding by 2020 in the Chancellor’s budget announcement.The …

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Prescribing in England up 55% to £9bn over a decade

July 7, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing NHS, NHSIC, drugs, health and social care information centre, net ingredient cost, prescribing

The number of drugs issued in England continues to soar, according to the latest NHS figures which show prescribing in …

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Prices to be printed on all prescribed NHS drugs over £20

July 2, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Jeremy Hunt, NHS, UK, drugs, health secretary, medicines

NHS drugs costing more than £20 will, from next year, have the price and the words “funded by the UK …

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NICE asks for more evidence from dry eye treatment maker

June 24, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ikervis, NHS, NICE, ciclosporin, santen pharma

A NICE appraisal committee has asked for more information on a treatment for chronic dry eye syndrome, after failing to …

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Overcoming barriers in rare diseases

June 22, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, NHS, Shire, bates, government, nps, rare diseases

In recent months the focus on the need to develop new drugs and fund new treatments for rare diseases has …

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NHS England unveils digital roadmap

June 17, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GP, HSCIC, NHS, NIB, brett wells, choices, digital, wearables

NHS England has laid out digital technology plans that it says will completely transform services and improve health outcomes using …

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NHS could save £5 billion each year with modest reform

June 11, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, brett wells, lord carter

The chairman of the NHS procurement and efficiency board Lord Carter has said the UK health body could save billions …

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NICE rejects Otelza but SMC recommends it

June 11, 2015
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Celgene, NHS, NICE, SMC, Xtandi, otezla

Draft guidance issued by NICE has seen rejections for products including Celgene’s Otelza and Astellas Pharma’s Xtandi, and a call …

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