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Scotland backs Bavencio for bladder cancer after NICE says n...

Patients with bladder cancer in Scotland will be the first in the UK to claim access to maintenance treatment with Merck Serono and Pfizer's Bavencio, ahead of their counterparts in England

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Scotland backs rare blood cancer drug Poteligeo rejected by ...

A north-south divide has emerged in UK medicines access after the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) okayed Kyowa Kirin's Poteligeo for two rare blood cancers, a few weeks after the drug w

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Scotland backs NHS use of Alexion's Ultomiris for rare disea...

NHS patients in Scotland with the rare disease atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) will now be able to access treatment with Alexion's Ultomiris, ahead of their counterparts in Engla

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Scotland opens door to Translarna for Duchenne muscular dyst...

A disparity in UK access to a medicine for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been addressed, after Scotland gave a green light to use of PTC Therapeutics' Translarna for the first time.

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Double first for Scotland as it backs Roche’s Rozlytrek, Nov...

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has said Roche’s Rozlytrek can be used by NHS Scotland for the treatment of solid tumours with NTRK gene fusion mutations, regardless of where they o

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