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Calls for price cuts on cancer meds
If the government says cancer drugs aren't worth the cost, then what? Ask drugmakers to cut their prices. After the U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence rejected four Read more...
NICE rejects four cancer meds
The debate over costly oncology meds rages on in the U.K. as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence rejected four high-tech drugs for advanced kidney cancer treatment: Read more...
NICE wants to limit anti-TNF use
Hear those cries of protest? They're coming from the U.K., whose National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidelines today that would limit patients' access to high-tech Read more...
U.K. aims for quicker adoption of new meds
Last week, the news from the U.K. was all about restrictions, as the National Institute for Clinical Health and Excellence refused to pay for Roche's cancer treatment Avastin. This week, the British Read more...
More NICE debate over cancer meds
It's not just Roche that refused to fork over cost-effectiveness info on its cancer med to the U.K.'s National Institution for Clinical Health and Excellence. So, too, has Merck Serono. Yesterday, Read more...
Roche, NICE in Avastin data standoff
It's another blow for Roche's Avastin the U.K. The National Institute for Clinical Health and Excellence shot down the high-tech cancer med as a first-line treatment for lung and breast cancer, Read more...
UK's NICE to Sanofi’s obesity drug
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) gave a favorable nod to Sanofi's obesity drug, Acomplia, giving a boost to the company despite earlier challenges the drug faced. Read more...
U.K. aims to put 1.5M on preventive statins
New U.K. guidelines for heart-attack prevention could be a major windfall for statin-makers. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence wants docs to search their patient rolls for
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