Roche’s Erivedge will indeed no longer be funded on the National Health Service(NHS) as a treatment for skin cancer after cost regulators issued final guidance ruling that it is not cost effective.
NHS England says it is planning to accelerate the NHS’ national research strategy, “cutting bureaucracy and speeding up access to new and innovative treatments”.
The NHS will fund gene therapy for the first time, with a £500,000 treatment for “bubble baby syndrome”.
Back in April, England’s cost watchdogs said they wouldn’t cover Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo in head and neck cancer due to “uncertain” clinical evidence. Now, though, they’re singing a different tune.
Chiesi's Holoclar, the first stem-cell therapy to be cleared by European regulators, has received a green light for use on the NHS in England and Wales to treat a rare sight condition.
It is looking unlikely that patients in England and Wales with advanced renal cell carcinoma will be getting routine NHS access to Eisai’s Kisplyx or Eusa Pharma’s Fotivda, after cost regulators issued draft guidelines turning down their use.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued draft guidelines backing NHS use of Almirall’s Skilarence to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
Accelerating access to pancreatic surgery has been shown to boost success rates by more than a fifth with a cost saving to the NHS of around £3,200 per patient.
Patients with a rare form of leukaemia look set to win routine access to a novel treatment option on the NHS in England and Wales after Amgen’s Blincyto was backed by cost watchdog NICE
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