New effective medicines are of no use if they are unaffordable In the United States, a campaign has been fighting for transparency in the pricing of specialty drugs.…
Hunt announces intention to display drug costs on packaging The UK government is to publish the indicative cost of drugs on their packaging, in a move that it hopes will reduce medicines waste and improve adherence.…
Rolling out hepatitis C treatments will be costly The new generation of heptatitis C antivirals is highly effective, but the drugs’ expense will put pressure on healthcare providers.…
EU approval of AbbVie’s hepatitis C combination therapies challenges Gilead’s Harvoni A highly effective therapy for patients with hepatitis C is being launched by AbbVie in the EU over the next couple of months in direct competition with another treatment made by Gilead that was approved in 2014 and is now being rolled out. …
Malaria deaths fall by 47% globally between 2000 and 2013, WHO says Malaria mortality rates decreased by 47% worldwide between 2000 and 2013, and case incidence fell by 30%, a World Health Organization report says.…
Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in October 2014What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month……
Price cut of 25% proposed for medicines on statutory scheme in England The maximum price pharmaceutical companies can charge the NHS for branded medicines could be reduced by 25% under proposals by the Department of Health.…
NICE puts brakes on its planned overhaul of drugs evaluation processes England’s health technology body will not push ahead with its proposed introduction of value-based assessments — including burden of illness and societal impact — in the evaluation of new drugs for use by the NHS.…
Pharmaceutical industry pays £150m back to NHSThe pharmaceutical industry has paid £150m to the NHS in the first six months under the new terms of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), which was agreed with the Department of Health in November 2013.…