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NICE tells pharma: don’t blame us for rejections

November 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing Dillon, NHS, NICE, VBP

The head of NICE has publicly defended his agency against more pharma criticism but admits that it can make changes …

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NICE needs more Velcade data

November 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, Velcade, eric low

NICE has slowed the progress of Janssen Cilag’s Velcade towards becoming an NHS treatment for multiple myeloma by asking the …

The CDF: friend and foe?

November 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, CDF, Cancer, NICE, eric low

Few things in my professional life have troubled me more than the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) since its inception in …

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NICE ‘yes’ to Lucentis – with price cut

October 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing Dillon, Lucentis, NICE, Novartis

A price cut is the deal-breaking condition attached to NICE’s final draft guidance recommending Lucentis as an option for patients …

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NICE ‘yes’ for Jetrea

October 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing Jetrea, NHS, NICE, eye

Jetrea has completed its seemingly inexorable journey to NHS use in England and Wales for a rare eye condition following …

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Eisai: reform NICE or we’ll pull out of the UK

October 21, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eisai, Hatfield, Hunt, NICE

Eisai has criticised NICE for being too narrow minded on assessing new drugs, and has warned it may pull its …

Astellas gets NICE nod

October 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, NICE, Xtandi

Astellas Pharma’s new prostate cancer drug Xtandi which has been shown to shrink and kill cancer cells, has been recommended …

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Patients should ‘top up’ NHS costs

October 16, 2013
Sales and Marketing Dixon, England, NHS, NICE, top up

A leading doctor believes that NHS patients must produce top up payments for treatments for non-life threatening conditions. Speaking at …

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Price cut not enough for Pixuvri

October 15, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cell Therapeutics, NICE, pixuvri

NICE is still saying no to Cell Therapeutics’ lymphoma drug Pixuvri, despite the firm offering a discount on the treatment’s …

SMC must be ‘more flexible’ – health minister

October 9, 2013
Sales and Marketing CDF, NICE, SMC

The Scottish health secretary Alex Neil has announced a series of fundamental changes to improve access to new medicines in …

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NICE U-turn on MabThera

October 3, 2013
Sales and Marketing MabThera, NHS, NICE, Roche

NICE is thinking about recommending Roche’s MabThera for a rare autoimmune condition – a move which represents a partial victory …

Cancer survival rates linked to government spending in EU

October 1, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, EU, NICE

The bigger an EU country’s healthcare budget, the greater its cancer patients’ prospects of survival, according to new research released …

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Cancer Drugs Fund to run until 2016

September 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cameron, NHS, NICE, VBP

England’s Cancer Drugs Fund will run until 2016 and be given a £400 million boost under plans announced by the …

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