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Gilead sued over Sovaldi price

December 15, 2014
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A payer is suing Gilead over the price of its hep-c drug Sovaldi in the US after spending $2.4 million …

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Patient access schemes ‘lack transparency’

December 12, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, NHS, NICE, Velcade, patient access, pharma, scheme

Deals negotiated between the pharma industry and governments to allow patients access to innovative new cancer treatments risk failing because …

NICE changes insulin advice in diabetes guidelines

December 12, 2014
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NICE has changed its recommendations on type 1 diabetes in adults and children, and type 2 diabetes in children, to …

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Tamoxifen found to reduce breast cancer rates by 30%

December 11, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arimidex, NICE, anastrozole, astrazenea, breast cancer, tamoxifen

A study from Queen Mary University has demonstrated that tamoxifen can reduce breast cancer rates by around 30% over 20 …

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Labour to extend cancer drugs funding if elected

December 10, 2014
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Labour has committed to continuing the Cancer Drugs Fund system under the guise of a new £330 million ‘Cancer Treatment …

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NICE U-turn over Janssen arthritis drug

December 9, 2014
Sales and Marketing Janssen, NHS, NICE, Stelara, arthritis, ustekinumab

NICE has reversed its decision on Janssen’s Stelara and is now recommending the active psoriatic arthritis drug. The pricing watchdog …

Government seeks stakeholder consultation over NICE

December 4, 2014
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NICE stakeholders are being asked for their views on its future as part of the government’s ongoing review into the …

NICE recommends test to reduce antibiotic use

December 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, GPs, NICE, UK, doctors, icl, pneumonia

NICE guidelines say GPs should use point of care blood tests to assess which patients to prescribe antibiotics for bacterial …

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NICE U-turn on Roche leukaemia drug

December 2, 2014
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NICE has reversed its decision on Roche’s chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) drug Gazyvaro only two months after rejecting the drug. …

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Lundbeck’s alcohol pill given NICE approval

November 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Lundbeck, NHS, NICE, alcohol, selincro

NICE has finally approved the use of Selincro (nalmefene) in order to help people who are dependent on alcohol cut …

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NHS to get world’s most expensive drug

November 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Alexion, NICE, aHUS, beauchamp, blood, eculizumab, soliris

UK health watchdog NICE has recommended Alexion’s Soliris for patients with the rare disease atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS).  Soliris …

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NICE aims for earlier cancer diagnosis

November 20, 2014
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NICE is updating its guidance in a bid to help doctors spot the signs and symptoms of cancer as part …

NICE wants more Xolair data

November 19, 2014
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 Novartis has been asked in draft guidance to give NICE more information before the watchdog can recommend its veteran asthma …

Cost of NHS medicines rises

November 14, 2014
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Hospitals in England are taking an increasing share of the NHS’s bill for drugs approved by NICE, according to a …

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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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