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Scotland’s medicines bill can shrink further, says report
January 25, 2013Sales and Marketing PPRS, Scotland, VBP, prescribing
An official review of primary care prescribing in Scotland has welcomed savings made, but says further efficiencies are possible.Audit Scotland …
Growth in GP drug prescriptions
December 11, 2012Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, UK, doctors, prescribing
The volume of GP-prescribed drugs grew by an annual average of 8.4% in the years 1995-2010, according to new government …
NHS prescribing costs fall
October 22, 2012Sales and Marketing NHS, VBP, prescribing
The Department of Health’s annual report and accounts for 2011-2012 highlights the increasing pressure on the pharma industry to deliver …
NICE publishes first off-label summary
October 18, 2012Sales 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 …
UK government pushes through formulary changes
August 22, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, NICE, PCTs, UK, lottery, prescribing
The government has written to NHS prescribing leads telling them they must start to incorporate NICE guidance into their formularies. …
Physios and podiatrists to gain new prescribing powers
July 25, 2012Sales and Marketing Department of Health, GPs, Physios, government, prescribing
Physiotherapists and podiatrists are set to gain new prescribing powers by 2014. Ministers are looking to amend medicines legislation so …
GMC guidance on off-label drug use delayed
March 19, 2012Sales and Marketing GMC, Lucentis, avastin, off label, off-label, prescribing
The General Medical Council has delayed the release of new guidance for off-label prescribing. The doctors’ regulator was expected to …
Prescription drugs could become OTC under FDA plans
March 12, 2012Sales and Marketing COPD, FDA, OTC, prescribing
The FDA is considering new plans to make drugs for chronic conditions available over-the-counter. These drugs could include medicines for …
NICE guidance to be enforced, says Lansley
January 11, 2012Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, PCTs, black lists, prescribing
Local NHS organisations will no longer be allowed to ‘ban’ drugs recommended by NICE, the health secretary has said.England’s primary …
NHS hospital prescribing costs jump
October 19, 2011Sales and Marketing hospital spending, prescribing
New and expensive treatments have driven up NHS prescribing costs in English hospitals, according to a new report. IMS Health …
Healthcare 2025: what the future holds for pharma
September 22, 2011Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS reform, healthcare reform, healthcare spending, prescribing
We are in the middle of a huge upheaval where everything we know is being turned on its head. Welcome …
Sharp increase in NHS diabetes prescribing costs
August 25, 2011Sales and Marketing GP prescribing, NHS, diabetes, prescribing
NHS prescribing for diabetes has risen sharply, largely driven by the disease’s growing prevalence in the UK. Spending rose 41% …
Prescription sales soar in England
July 29, 2011Sales and Marketing NHS, prescribing
New data shows that prescription sales increased by more than two-thirds in England over the last decade, but a majority …
Pharma faces ‘trench warfare’ with NHS
May 26, 2011Sales and Marketing Cost cutting, NHS, prescribing
The competing interests of the NHS and the pharma industry could end in trench warfare, a leading NHS figure has …
PCTs increasingly ‘red list’ drugs to cut costs
May 12, 2011Sales and Marketing GP prescribing deicisions, GPs, PCTs, prescribing
GPs are being asked not to prescribe NICE-approved drugs in order to cut costs. In the last year more than …
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