Afinitor and Uptravi gain funding from NHS England

The two specialised, high cost treatments gained funding approval on 22 December from NHS England’s specialised commissioning budget, one of the most difficult routes for market access in the country.

NHS says Humira biosimilar deal will save £300m

to a commissioning deal with five biosimilar manufacturers.

Abbott’s wearable glucose monitor to be available across England

Following an investigation from the BMJ earlier this year, it was found that a quarter of local NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England did not provide the technology for patients,

Bayer to challenge Avastin legal ruling

A week ago the UK’s High Court ruled that it was lawful for local NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to offer patients Avastin (bevacizumab) injections for the treatment of wet

NHS wins legal fight with pharma over off-label Avastin

The two pharma companies mounted the legal challenge to stop the 12 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in the north east of England from using Avastin in place of Bayer’s Eylea

Mylan sees the UK paving the way for an insulin game changer

We have a huge range of products and complementary skills which allows us to interact with the hospital pharmacist, the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) retail pharmacists, the General Practitioners and secondary

Passing fad or game changer?

Outcomes-based contracting (OBC) offers a different approach to tackling these challenges by commissioning healthcare based on results delivered and tying payment to the achievement of specific performance standards.

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Prof Sir Mike Richards joins Incisive Health as senior counsel

In July 2012 he was appointed as Director for Reducing Premature Mortality on the NHS Commissioning Board (now NHS England), where he led the development of a cardiovascular outcomes strategy.

NHiS appoints mental health associate director

Laurence Mascarenhas joins the Commissioning Excellence division. NHiS has appointed Laurence Mascarenhas as an associate director of its mental health support service. ... Previously, Mascarenhas was service development and commissioning manager at NHS

New NHS CEO announces senior changes

Further appointments to this programme will be announced in time. Elsewhere, Ian Dodge was appointed to the NHS England board as national director for commissioning strategy.

Pfizer’s Emms takes up ABPI presidency

its companies in issues such as the value-based pricing debate and the implementation of a new NHS commissioning system in England.

McCarthy leaves NHS England

Incoming NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has already said, in an internal announcement, that there would be “a few incremental changes to our national directorates to further support strong commissioning”.

NHS medicines optimisation milestone

RMOCs and best value biologics According to the National Commissioning Framework for Biological Medicines, (including biosimilar medicines) ‘there is the potential to realise savings of at least £200-300m per year ... The best biologics agenda and

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

If these examples seem a bit cold and you’re looking for examples of a more personalised deployment of AI, the South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) collaborated in

Apex delivers a high impact exhibition stand and dinner event for Laurus Labs

Apex works in all healthcare areas including ethical pharma, OTC and retail products, primary and secondary care communications, R&D and clinical trial events, nursing and NHS commissioning.

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a new drug or service from both their own and a wider commissioning/transformation perspective.  .

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