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The institute has paused cancer research and repurposed its laboratories and scientists to provide a rapid COVID-19 testing facility for NHS staff and other key workers.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when many are in lockdown or self-isolating, mental health could suffer. This article suggests some ways to stay healthy over this period.
The UK government has announced that the parallel export of certain essential medicines is banned, to preserve drugs for the treatment of coronavirus patients.
The UK NICE has not found pembrolizumab cost-effective for use on the NHS, after a review of evidence collected while the drug was available via the Cancer Drugs Fund.
A new bill is now effective in the UK which aims to improve regulation for medical devices and ensure patient safety, as well as allow hospitals to develop personalised medicines.
The next Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health Research’s Clinical Research Network has been announced as Dr William van’t Hoff.
Esketamine nasal spray did not receive a positive opinion from NICE due to inadequate comparisons to other therapies and concerns over its cost effectiveness.
As companies continue to collaborate and share their expertise to develop therapeutics targeting a wide range of diseases, European Pharmaceutical Review explores the aims of the most recent partnerships.
The CMA has announced Tiofarma admits taking part in an anti-competitive agreement with Amilco and Aspen which resulted in huge price increase in fludrocortisone acetate tablets.
Research has found that last year, the UK government recorded 178 medicine shortages, an increase of 19 upon 2018.
NICE has recommended olaparib tablets (Lynparza, AstraZeneca) for adults with relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.
The NICE committee has made palbociclib with fulvestrant available on the Cancer Drug Fund for patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, advanced breast cancer.
A partnership between Novartis and NHS England includes a proposal to investigate processes that can increase the scale and efficacy of oligonucleotide manufacture.
Epidyolex, which contains cannabidiol, can now be prescribed by doctors to epilepsy patients in the UK through the NHS.
NICE has approved palbociclib through the Cancer Drugs Fund, meaning that women with advanced breast cancer who have already received hormone therapy will now be eligible for palbociclib on the NHS.
