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AbbVie’s Skyrizi gets rapid ‘yes’ from NICE
The recommendation means that the NHS in England will make Skyrizi available from August, putting it into an already highly competitive field in psoriasis. ... In 2017/18, Humira was by far the biggest drug cost for the NHS in England, at £495 million,
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UK launches subscription-style payment pilot to incentivise pharma antibiotics R&D
The new subscription trial is much more welcome in the industry, and will be led by NICE and NHS England and Improvement. ... The pilot scheme also reflects a new willingness and capability in the UK to try out new reimbursement models, primarily led by
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NICE backs CDF funding for Sanofi/Regeneron’s skin cancer drug Libtayo
Cemiplimab has the potential to make a significant impact for patients when previous treatments have failed, as aggressive surgery is often the only option,” commented John Stewart, NHS England’s director ... NHS England has worked closely with
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AstraZenca to appeal NICE rejection of Tagrisso
AstraZeneca says analysis of real-world data from Public Health England shows the overall survival in NHS patients who would be eligible for treatment is less than 17 months, putting it ... Pfizer’s treatment will now be available on the NHS, a
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Pharma reputation lags behind real value, study suggests
The study comes at a fraught time for the UK pharma industry, as public rows over drug prices between NHS England and Vertex over its cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi attract criticism ... This is far from the whole story, however: NHS England's new active
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Charity launches real-world medical cannabis study
Last November, NHS England decided that medicinal cannabis products could legally be prescribed in the UK by a hospital doctor who is registered to do so, for three specific indications which ... Despite the UK making cannabis a medicine in November 2018
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25 Women Leaders in UK Healthcare
3. DR RUTH MAY. Nurse leader. Ruth is the chief nursing officer for England and an executive/national director at NHS England and NHS Improvement. ... NHS England is now aiming to recruit an extra 40, 000 nurses over the next five years.
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25 Women Leaders in UK Healthcare (part 2)
She is director of Workforce Race Equality Standard Implementation for NHS England and deputy president of the Royal College of Nursing. ... NHS England judged Gilead’s offer to be the best, giving it a‘Gold’ partner status.
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The UK’s new medicines pricing deal – opportunities and risks for pharma
Influence of NHS England. The growing influence of NHS England (NHSE) is very evident from the outset when reading the 2014 PPRS and the 2019 VPAS side by side. ... The difficulty is in knowing whether NHSE can really deliver its side of the bargain; can
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The Orkambi row explained
NHS England's Specialised commissioning head John Stewart says this was because NHSE was new then and just finding its feet. ... NHS England had seemingly had enough of being blamed for the impasse, and decided to make its offer public last summer.
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The Orkambi blame game
We will negotiate with them [NHS England and NICE] any time or any place,” said Leiden. ... as genial and open to finding a solution as his counterparts at NICE and NHS England.
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Lexington Communications bolsters team with a trio of new-hires
The new senior advisory board will consist of Professor Mike Bewick (pictured right), who joins from NHS England as its deputy medical.
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Prof Sir Mike Richards joins Incisive Health as senior counsel
In his most recent role Sir Mike led the inspection, quality and safety agenda for hospitals and prior to that he served in senior clinical roles at NHS England and the ... In July 2012 he was appointed as Director for Reducing Premature Mortality on the
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NHS England names director for new models of care
Samantha Jones recently won NHS chief executive of the year. NHS England has named award-winning hospital chief executive Samantha Jones to head the development and implement of new models of ... Jones now assumes the role of director of new models of
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New head of strategy for Saatchi & Saatchi Health
Critchley joins from Serco where she served as strategic brand planner at its recently-created healthcare business, which provides services to support the NHS in England.
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New NHS CEO announces senior changes
Simon Stevens strengthens leadership within NHS England. Simon Stevens, who took over as CEO of NHS England in April, has named several senior appointments to his team. ... Further appointments to this programme will be announced in time. Elsewhere, Ian
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Precision paediatrics: Treating patients with CAR-T
As Joint Lead Healthcare Scientist for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Children National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, and Principal Clinical Scientist in the Department of Haematology, Stuart is at the ... There is clear intent at NHS
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A new vision for tackling key illnesses
Diabetes. The NHS plans to double the size of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme for type 2 diabetes. ... The NHS will also implement HPV primary screening for cervical cancer across England by 2020.
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Spotlight on innovation at life sciences forum
It confirms that funding for AHSNs will be guaranteed until 2023, subject to their success in spreading proven innovations across England. ... They now have funding coming from three separate sources. NHS England (NHSE) is supporting the MedTech
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GPs will play a pivotal role in integrated care
Primary Care Networks. The new framework, which is an agreement between NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) in England, gives GP practices just under £1bn ... Fourteen ICSs are already up and running
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Havas Lynx shines spotlight on “invisible army” of carers to mark Carer’s Rights Day with powerful three-part podcast series
Contributors to the series include Dr Sarah Jarvis (Patient.co.uk), Dr Mahiben Maruthappu (Cera and NHS England), Anil Patil (Carers Worldwide), Emily Holzhausen OBE (Carers UK), and Elizabeth Egan (AstraZeneca ... Other contributors include: Dr Mahiben
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