All Helen Knight articles
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NewsNICE recommends innovative cystic fibrosis therapy
Recommendation of the once-daily triple therapy increases the number of eligible cystic fibrosis patients who can access treatments in the UK.
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NewsNICE concludes decision for two Alzheimer’s treatments
The committee’s final draft guidance cited high-cost as a key reason for its negative opinion of the Alzheimer’s drugs, developed by Biogen and Eisai.
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NewsNICE recommends new combination breast cancer drug
The agency’s recommendation could provide eligible breast cancer patients with a treatment that analysis suggest is to likely to work as well as two medicines already recommended by NICE.
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NewsNICE recommends innovative endometriosis pill
Approximately 1,000 eligible NHS patients could benefit from the new endometriosis treatment annually.
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NewsNICE recommends novel immunotherapy for leukaemia
The agency’s decision means eligible adult patients in the UK are set to access the combination immunotherapy as a new treatment option for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
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NewsNICE makes first-of-a-kind recommendation for hearing loss drug
As a novel formulation, the “groundbreaking drug” is expected to improve the quality of life for young cancer patients with hearing loss.
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NewsAlzheimer’s drug milestone “bittersweet” for certain patients
The first new dementia medicine to be licensed in over two decades shows for first time, that the course of Alzheimer disease can be modified and slow cognitive decline.
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ArticleRegulating therapies for rare diseases – recent approvals
This article summarises some of the recent notable drug approvals in the EU and US, including a gene therapy and an enzyme replacement therapy.
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NewsNICE recommends new haemolytic anaemia treatment
The National Institute For Health and Care Excellence (NICE)'s decision follows a reduction in the price of Pfizer’s small molecule treatment for sickle cell disease.
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NewsNICE recommends Novartis precision brain cancer treatment
An “innovative, life-extending treatment” for BRAF V600E mutation-positive glioma has been recommended for certain young people on the NHS.
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NewsNICE recommends first medicine for severe alopecia areata
Clinical studies of Pfizer’s oral medicine for alopecia areata have demonstrated response rates continued to improve for up to two years.
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NewsNICE recommends innovative breast cancer drug
The first BRCA-targeted treatment has been recommended for advanced breast or metastatic breast cancer by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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NewsNICE recommends first Parkinson’s treatment
A new, easy-to-use treatment option for advanced Parkinson’s could benefit around 900 adult patients on the NHS, according to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) final draft guidance.
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NewsNICE recommends Roche biologic for lymphoma
Glofitamab is the first treatment to be recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) at the same time as it is approved for advanced lymphoma in the UK.
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NewsPfizer’s migraine medicine recommended by NICE
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published final draft guidance on Pfizer’s Rimegepant, recommending it for the first time as a treatment for acute migraines.
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NewsNICE recommends new type 2 diabetes treatment
A safer alternative to current first line therapies has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a new treatment option for type 2 diabetes.
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NewsNICE recommends oral migraine treatment for first time
An oral small molecule CGRP antagonist has been recommended for episodic migraines in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) final draft guidance.
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NewsFirst NICE-recommended treatment for chronic heart failure
In final draft guidance, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended dapagliflozin (Forxiga) for patients with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction.
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NewsNICE guidance recommends olaparib for breast and prostate cancers
PARP inhibitor olaparib has been recommended in NICE’s final draft guidance for early breast cancer and advanced prostate cancer.
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NewsFirst immunotherapy recommended for advanced cervical cancer
Final draft guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended immunotherapy pembrolizumab drug for advanced cervical cancer.