National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

NICE cost-effectiveness thresholds increased as UK strikes trade deal with United States

The adjusted threshold could allow the approval of an additional three to five medicines for use on the NHS in England each year.…

Monthly injection for severe asthma cuts need for daily oral corticosteroids

Researchers found that half of participants were able to stop taking daily oral corticosteroids altogether by the end of a 52-week trial after taking monthly tezepelumab injections.…

NICE assessment processes are too complicated, MPs warns government

A letter from the House of Commons Science Innovation and Technology Committee has warned that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s procedures make it harder for the public “to understand the process through which medicines and technologies reach the NHS”.…

New chronic heart failure guidance: what does it mean for practice?

In this episode of The PJ Pod, we explore the main changes and implications for practice from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s chronic heart failure guidance update.…

Health news round-up: rising flu cases, cheap cancer drugs and some good news for pharmacists

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news you may have missed.…

Abiraterone receives new NICE approval in ‘significant shift’

Guidance says that there is now sufficient evidence to demonstrate that abiraterone in combination with androgen deprivation therapy and prednisolone or prednisone provides value for money.…

NICE approves treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could ‘benefit 6,000 patients’

Guidance says darolutamide blocks hormones that fuel cancer growth by removing testosterone from cancer cells in patients living with advanced prostate cancer.…

NICE recommends HIV prevention injection for people unable to take oral PrEP

Guidance says cabotegravir offers HIV prevention to patients who are unable to use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis owing to medical contraindications, difficulty swallowing tablets or other challenges to adherence.…

Health news round-up: community pharmacy services, medicines, obesity and ageing

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…

Is the government’s pricing dispute with industry affecting medicines access for patients?

The threshold that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence uses to approve the use of medicines on the NHS hasn’t increased for two decades — this may need to change to ensure patients are able to access new, effective medicines.…