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NICE backs AZ’s Calquence for new use in leukaemia

AstraZeneca’s BTK inhibitor Calquence has become the first targeted oral therapy to be backed by NICE for NHS England patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) who can’t be treated

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NICE axes funding for MSD's Keytruda in bladder cancer despi...

NICE has axed funding for MSD’s Keytruda for second-line advanced bladder cancer in final guidance, despite an appeal from the company.

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NICE says no to AZ’s Lynparza for prostate cancer

NHS patients in England will not be able to get access to AstraZeneca’s PARP inhibitor Lynparza if they have BRCA-positive advance prostate cancer, according to draft guidance from NICE.

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NICE says NHS should fund Novartis' £1.79m SMA gene therapy

The NHS should pay for Novartis’ £1.79 million one-off gene therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) NICE has said, the most expensive treatment ever approved for funding.

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Lilly’s Olumiant is first JAK drug backed by NICE for eczema

Eli Lilly’s JAK inhibitor Olumiant has become the first drug in the JAK inhibitor class to be recommended for NHS use in England and Wales as a treatment for atopic dermatitis, also known a

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NICE okays regular NHS funding for Novartis' breast cancer d...

NICE has recommended moving Novartis’ Kisqali (ribociclib) from interim funding arrangements to regular NHS reimbursement for certain previously treated breast cancer patients.