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NICE recommends Pfizer’s lung cancer drug after price drop

18 August 2016 | By The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

When initially reviewed, the committee concluded that the drug was too expensive compared to the current standard of care. Pfizer submitted further evidence, including a new patient access scheme that provided the drug at a lower price alongside revised analyses, which the committee then concluded could now be considered value…

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NICE recommends thousands to receive £2-a-day anti-clotting drug

15 August 2016 | By National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

A higher dose of ticagrelor is already recommended for 12 months after a heart attack. Now new draft guidance is recommending it is continued in these people at a lower dose for a further three years to reduce their risk of a further heart attack or stroke...

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SMC ‘U-turn’ offers lifeline to Scottish skin cancer patients

8 August 2016 | By Bristol-Myers Squibb

The SMC initially refused access to nivolumab for Scottish patients, having taken a different view to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which approved it to treat patients in England and Wales. However, following a review of additional evidence, the SMC decision has been reversed, bringing access…

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Applications invited to join the NICE Board

15 July 2016 | By National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE)

NICE is advertising for five Non-Executive Directors to help NICE improve outcomes for people using the NHS, public health and social care services...

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NICE asks Janssen to put ibrutinib forward for the CDF

1 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has asked Janssen to set out a case for including its chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) drug ibrutinib (Imbruvica) in the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF).