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MSD’s Keytruda approved for first-line lung cancer use on NHS Scotland

September 10, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, MSD, SMC, Scotland, keytruda, lung cancer, pharma

MSD and lung cancer patients will be celebrating the news that the pharma giant’s immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has been accepted …

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Camurus’ weekly/monthly opioid dependence injection accepted in Scotland for NHS use

August 13, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Camurus, NHS, Scotland, nhs scotland, opioid dependence, opioids, pharma

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has announced its acceptance of Buvidal (buprenorphine prolonged-release solution for subcutaneous injection) from Swedish pharma …

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Scotland turns down Vertex’s Orkambi

August 13, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Orkambi, SMC, Scotland, Vertex, cystic fibrosis, pharma

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has turned down Vertex’ cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi on the grounds that it is not …

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Scottish NHS patients to access Pfizer’s Ibrance combo in HR+/HER- breast cancer following SMC recommendation

July 11, 2019
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Scotland, Scottish Medicines Consortium, breast cancer, ibrance, pharma

Female NHS patients in Scotland will soon be able to access Pfizer’s cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor Ibrance (palbociclib) after …

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MSD’s Keytruda recommended on NHS in Scotland for Stage 3 melanoma

May 14, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, MSD, Scotland, Scottish Medicines Consortium, keytruda, melanoma, pharma

MSD has revealed that Keytruda (pembrolizumab) will be made available to NHS Scotland patients after the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) …

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Eisai and MSD’s Lenvima recommended for NHS Scotland in advanced or unresectable liver cancer

April 8, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, Scotland, Scottish Medicines Consortium, UK, liver cancer, pharma

Patients in Scotland with with advanced or unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) will now be able to access Eisai and MSD’s …

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HPV vaccine prevents 90% of cervical pre-cancer cases in Scotland, research shows

April 4, 2019
Research and Development HPV, Scotland, cervical cancer, immunity, vaccines, virus

Routine vaccination of girls in Scotland against HPV has led to a dramatic drop in cases of cervical cancer, according …

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Scottish Medicines Consortium rejects Novartis’ CAR T therapy Kymriah

March 12, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Kymriah, NICE, Novartis, SMC, Scotland, UK

Scotland’s cost effectiveness body has refused to fund Novartis’ CAR T therapy Kymriah for adult patients with lymphoma. The Scottish …

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Scottish biotech secures initial orders for HIV diagnosis kit from Indonesia, Moldova and Papua New Guinea

March 7, 2019
Business Services, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, HIV, Indonesia, Moldova, Scotland, developing coutnries

A small biotech based in Clackmannanshire, Scotland expects to turnover an additional £20 million from sales of its HIV diagnostics …

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Public satisfaction with NHS falls to lowest point since 2007

March 7, 2019
Medical Communications England, King's, NHS, Nuffield, Scotland, UK, Wales, kings, public stisfaction

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to lowest levels since 2007, according to analysis of the 2018 British Social …

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Gilead’s CAR-T therapy Yescarta rejected for NHS use in Scotland

February 12, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing CAR-T, Cancer, Gilead, NHS, Scotland, Yescarta, kite pharma

It’s bad news for Scottish patients living with aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) as it emerges that the Scottish …

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‘Significant’ health outcomes gap still exists in Scotland

December 14, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, Scotland, UK, health, inequality

There is a significant gap in health outcomes between the most and least deprived areas of Scotland, a Scottish government …

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Scottish Medicines Consortium approves Verkazia for severe eye condition in children and adolescents

December 12, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing SMC, Santen, Scotland, UK, Verkazia, pharma, vernal keratoconjunctivitis

UK-based pharmaceutical firm Santen has announced that the Scottish Medicines Consortium has awarded approval to its eye drops emulsion Verkazia …

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GSK veteran Dave Tudor joins MMIC in Scotland

November 9, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Scotland, dave tudor, life sciences, manufacturing

GlaxoSmithKline veteran, Dave Tudor, is set to take on the role of Managing Director of the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre …

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GSK opens £54m API plant in Montrose, Scotland

October 25, 2018
Manufacturing and Production API, GSK, Scotland, manufacturing, montrose

British multinational GlaxoSmithKline has opened an API manufacturing plant in Montrose Scotland for its Ellipta respiratory medicines. The new facility …

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