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Novartis’ phase III MS study successfully meets endpoints

25 August 2016 | By Novartis

The study included 1,651 people with SPMS randomised to receive either 2mg BAF312 or placebo in a 2:1 ratio respectively, the primary endpoint being an improvement in the time to three-month confirmed disability progression, as measured by the expanded disability status scale (EDSS), versus placebo...

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NICE says Novartis’ and Janssen’s cancer drugs are not cost effective

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

In new draft guidance, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that everolimus, for treating advanced breast cancer after endocrine therapy, and ibrutinib, for treating relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma, two drugs on the Cancer Drugs Fund are not cost effective.