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Stephen Dorrell

MPs pharma investigation in offing

November 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, Bad pharma, M&P, MP, NICE, trial data

A health select committee inquiry into pharma companies withholding clinical trial data is being considered, according to committee chair Stephen …

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NICE medicines uptake dissected

November 23, 2012
Sales and Marketing HSCIC, IMS, NICE

Lack of diagnosis, ignoring required tests, muddled commissioning and local policy variations are among the key reasons why NICE-approved drugs …

Alex Neil

SMC put under review

November 20, 2012
Sales and Marketing Alex Neil, NICE, SMC, Scotland

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has been put under the spotlight in two reviews ordered by Scotland’s health secretary Alex …

Patients ‘shut out’ of drug price talks

November 13, 2012
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, NICE, VBP, prostate

Patients are being excluded from the negotiations between government and the pharma industry on the introduction of Value-Based Pricing (VBP).That …

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NICE hails ‘breakthrough’ skin cancer treatments

November 2, 2012
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Two new skin cancer drugs have been recommended by NICE, which hailed the drugs as ‘breakthrough treatments’. Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Yervoy …

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ABPI slams NHS findings

October 18, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, Lucentis, NICE, UK

The ABPI has expressed concern at a report by the NHS’s Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) which suggests …

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NICE publishes first off-label summary

October 18, 2012
Sales and Marketing NICE, UK, prescribing

In a radical change to its modus operandi, NICE has published the first in an ongoing series of assessments of …

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Scotland ‘no’ to Avastin

October 9, 2012
Sales and Marketing NICE, Roche, Scotland, avastin

Roche has slammed the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)’s decision not to recommend Avastin for women with advanced ovarian cancer in …

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NICE does Lucentis U-turn

October 5, 2012
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NICE has done a U-turn over its previous verdict on Novartis’ Lucentis, now recommending the drug in draft guidance to …

Innovation scorecard gets ABPI thumbs-up

August 29, 2012
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, market access

 An NHS ‘innovation scorecard’, showing which hospitals in England are using NICE-approved drugs – and which aren’t – has been …

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UK government pushes through formulary changes

August 22, 2012
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The government has written to NHS prescribing leads telling them they must start to incorporate NICE guidance into their formularies. …

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Another NICE no for Avastin in breast cancer

August 22, 2012
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Roche’s Avastin has been rejected once again for use in breast cancer patients.  NICE has now issued final guidance saying …

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NICE bows to industry pressure

August 21, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, NICE, QALY, VBP

NICE has bowed to industry pressure and will allow independent advisors to sit on its appeals board. An appeal can …

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ABPI slams NICE International

August 20, 2012
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The ABPI has expressed concerns over the remit of NICE International and its affect on global markets. NICE International is …

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Xgeva gains NICE recommendation for bone metastasis

August 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing Amgen, NICE, Xgeva, bone metastatis

NICE is continuing to recommend Amgen’s Xgeva for certain groups of cancer patients whose disease has spread to their bones. …

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