UK cost-effectiveness agency NICE has backed Novartis’ Mayzent for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), after turning it down earlier this year in draft guidance.
A north-south divide threatens to emerge in multiple myeloma in the UK, after the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) backed NHS use of two drugs previously turned down by NICE in England.<
Patients with the rare disease familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) will be able to access treatment with Akcea’s Waylivra via the NHS, after a U-turn by NICE.
UK cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE has changed its stance on AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso as a first-line therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after an improved “commercial arrangement
NHS patients with treatment-resistant depression in Scotland will be able to access Johnson & Johnson’s Spravato, a drug that has been turned down twice by NICE for patients in England.
Leela Barham asks why companies may choose to not submit their drugs to NICE and keep them off routine commissioning – a trend that appears to be on the rise.
A pharma company’s core mission is to improve patient outcomes. This hinges on effectively influencing HCP clinical behaviour and driving disease education.