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March 08, 2013
Dr Bill Beeby tells GP Online that GPs and patients are still in the dark when it comes to the government’s new drug pricing plans
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February 15, 2013
The Department of Health and ABPI acquiesce that the public should have a greater say in the debate
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January 16, 2013
Key decisions must be taken urgently - by no later than end-March - to ensure a smooth changeover to the new system of pricing for drugs used by the NHS, the House of Commons Health Committee has said today.
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November 20, 2012
People with rarer diseases have problems accessing effective new treatments, so plans for earlier-access schemes for drugs to treat these conditions should be considered, the government has been told.
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November 15, 2012
The patient voice in the assessment of value of medicines needs to be louder than it is at present, but the pricing of medicines "has to remain the absolute domain of companies," the ABPI has said.
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September 13, 2012
The House of Commons Health Committee has announced that it is to hold a "short" inquiry into the work of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
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September 05, 2012
Andrew Lansley has been dropped as the UK health secretary just months after his controversial reform of the National Health Service became law
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May 03, 2012
Pharma needs to have a better conversation with the public over its definition of reward for the risk taken in innovation, a panel of experts debated recently.
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May 03, 2012
The Cancer Drugs Fund for England was launched in April 2011 as a short-term solution to drug access issues until value-based pricing begins in 2014, but withdrawing it after that date "could prove quite tricky" for Ministers, a leading expert has warned.
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December 15, 2011
The cost of diagnosing and treating cancer in the UK is expected to increase from £9.4 billon in 2010 to £15.3 billion by 2021, a rise of £5.9 billion or 62%, according to a new report.
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