Bayer’s Xarelto (rivaroxaban) can be funded by the NHS to prevent strokes and heart attacks in high-risk adults with coronary artery disease, NICE has said.
NICE has recommended interim funding on England’s NHS for AstraZeneca’s ovarian cancer drug Lynparza in the earlier stages of the disease as a maintenance treatment after an initial round o
NICE is to review how it develops guidance on drugs, focusing on issues such as modifiers used in decision making and dealing with uncertainties in evidence.
While the UK government has been applauded for its efforts in raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance, its efforts to convince pharma to invest in new antibiotics have so far been