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Rare disease drugs ‘need separate budget’

September 3, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, rare diseases

A group of MPs in the UK are calling for a ring-fenced fund to pay for drugs for rare and …

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NHS shingles vaccine rolls out for people in their 70s

September 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing Merck, NHS, Zostavax, shingles

The NHS will introduce a nationwide shingles vaccination scheme this week aimed at people in their 70s. Merck’s Zostavax will …

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Mid Staffs faces criminal case

August 30, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, Monitor, NHS

The fall-out from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust scandal has continued with the news that it is to face …

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‘Inequality’ for Welsh cancer patients

August 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, England, NHS, NICE, Wales

Cancer sufferers in England are four times more likely to receive newer treatments on the NHS than patients in Wales, …

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New drug pricing plans will ‘damage UK biotech’

August 16, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, Hunt, NHS, VBP, bates, biotech

The BioIndustry Association is warning that the government’s new drug pricing scheme could put future investment in the UK’s biotech …

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Report: ‘Improve NHS safety’

August 7, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cameron, Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS

Patient safety is the key to future NHS success, according to a new review commissioned after the final report of …

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NHS procurement drive ‘to save £1.5 billion’

August 5, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, procurement

A blueprint for saving the NHS £1.5 billion has been launched by the government in a bid to ensure that …

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Targeted radiotherapy from 2018

August 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cameron, NHS, proton beam

Proton beam therapy, a targeted form of radiotherapy, is to be available at hospitals in Manchester and London from 2018 …

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Benlysta once again rejected by NICE

July 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing Benlysta, GSK, NHS, NICE

NICE has opened a second public consultation for GSK’s lupus drug Benlysta after the Institute has again rejected the medicine …

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NICE ‘no’ for MabThera

July 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing MabThera, NHS, NICE, Roche

Roche has been dealt a blow by NICE, with the health watchdog deciding that MabThera should not be used on …

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Doctors urged to cut drug waste

July 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, RPS, doctors, prescribing

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called on doctors to change the way they prescribe in a bid to cut …

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Eleven hospitals put on notice

July 17, 2013
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Labour, Mid Staffs, NHS, burnham, keogh

There were angry exchanges in the House of Commons yesterday as health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that 11 hospitals in …

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UK government launches ‘Genomics England’

July 8, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cameron, DH, Genomics england, Hunt, NHS

The government has invested £100 million into a new DNA mapping service for patients, and will begin with cancer, rare …

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Novartis’ Afinitor fails NICE test

July 8, 2013
Sales and Marketing Afinitor, NHS, NICE, Novartis

Novartis’ breast cancer drug Afinitor (everolimus) has been knocked back by NICE as “it is not good value for money”. …

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Minister: ‘Prosecute NHS directors’

July 5, 2013
Sales and Marketing CQC, DoH, Lamb, Mid Staffs, NHS

Directors responsible for failures in care such as those seen at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust should face prosecution, …

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