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Chemistry World
September 7, 2015 |
Cancer Drugs Fund axes 23 treatments The Cancer Drugs Fund, which covers the cost of some cancer treatments that are not currently available on the National Health Service, has cut 23 treatments -- involving 16 drugs.   |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
U-turn on Alzheimer's drugs in the UK The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence proposes that those with mild disease will be able to receive them from early next year, on the basis of growing clinical evidence of their effectiveness. |
Chemistry World
January 13, 2011
Andrew Turley |
UK tilts towards appraisal of Avastin as eye drug The UK is moving closer to opening up the National Health Service to cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) for the treatment of eye conditions, such as age-related macular degeneration. |
Chemistry World
March 17, 2014
Phillip Broadwith |
UK to fast-track access to critical medicines Critically ill patients in the UK could receive new medicines before they are formally approved under a new scheme beginning in April. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2014
Leela Barham |
The Gate Keeper Dr. David Haslam, Chair of the UK's National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, discusses what the quantitative calculations of value mean to patient access in today's messy world of real-time medicine. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2006
Sarah Houlton |
Global Report: Not So NICE A new manifesto by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry is designed to improve drug access in the UK, where industry has worried for years about poor uptake of new medicines. |
Chemistry World
July 2010 |
Meeting Mr NICE guy Bibiana Campos-Seijo meets the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Sir Andrew Dillon |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Tom Randall |
Cocktails Are Next For Cancer-Drug Makers Taking a cue from the cocktails of drugs that have made AIDS survivable, drugmakers are pursuing combination therapies against cancer. |
Chemistry World
September 24, 2010
Andrew Turley |
End of the road for Avandia? The European Medicines Agency has decided the troubled diabetes drug should be pulled from the market while the US Food and Drug Administration has said it will 'significantly restrict' its use. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Pricey Provenge Pumps Up Dendreon Dendreon's prostate cancer drug is approved, but at what cost, and will insurance pay for it? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 3, 2007
Sarah Houlton |
Global Report: Five-Year Survivor: European Edition The UK government's attitude seems to be that oncology treatments are hugely expensive -- and that too much of the National Health Service budget is vanishing into the pockets of drug companies. Will cancer networks fill the gap? |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Invest in This Space at Your Own Risk Lung cancer is a tough foe for drugmakers. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2011
Frank Vinluan |
GSK Halts Part of Breast Cancer Trial; Drug Can't Top Herceptin GlaxoSmithKline has halted part of a phase 3 breast cancer clinical study after an independent committee concluded that the GSK drug administered alone is unlikely to work better than a rival cancer drug from Roche. |
Chemistry World
May 5, 2015
Anthony King |
Merger creates biggest supplier of unlicensed drugs Specialty pharma company Clinigen is to buy its rival Idis, making it the market leader in ethical unlicensed drug supply. |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Pettypiece & Gibson |
Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer Bristol-Myers' new melanoma drug may be a "game changer." |
Pharmaceutical Executive
April 1, 2011 |
Off-Label But On Point? Use of off-label drugs is a balancing act for physicians, and poses even more problems for pharma. The FDA is moving slowly to help. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2011
Julian Upton |
UK Stakeholders Have Their Say on Value-Based Pricing The UK coalition government's consultation on the intro of value-based pricing has invited caution and resistance. |
Chemistry World
August 30, 2013
Laura Howes |
Nice rules against Afinitor The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), which evaluates treatments based on cost effectiveness, has confirmed that patients with advanced breast cancer will not be prescribed the Novartis drug Afinitor (everolimus). |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Profit From This Growing Drug Trend Cancer drugs press on. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2012
Leela Barham |
The Queen's English Defining the language of value based pricing in the United Kingdom and ultimately the world. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Medicare vs. Cancer Patients Refusing to reimburse off-label treatment is far from the best way to cut costs. |
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
Going Broke To Stay Alive Rising prices for cancer treatments are making patients - and doctors - balk. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2012 |
Value-Based Pricing: Too High a Price for UK Pharma? Changes to the system in the UK could finally put some real metrics behind the elusive concept of value but with payers clearly in the driver's seat, who needs clarity? |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2013
Emma Stoye |
NHS to offer breast cancer prevention drugs New guidelines for the UK National Health Service suggest that women at high risk of breast cancer should be offered a five-year course of tamoxifen or raloxifene to prevent the disease developing. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
April 1, 2012
Feam & Lagus |
Providing Access Now While regulatory frameworks and medical practices differ between countries, many patients still need early access to new drugs. Industry can help. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Profit From Personalized Medicine Pfizer's drug works well, but consider these companies instead. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2010
Brian Orelli |
This Drug Doesn't Work. But All Is Not Lost. Novartis cancer drug fails one trial, but there's still hope. |
Chemistry World
November 22, 2013
Emily James |
100 million for cancer research centers Cancer Research UK has invested 100 million pounds in 15 innovative research centers, acquiring high level expertise to solve the latest challenges in cancer. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Juicing Up the Earnings Report How did Celgene turn an earnings release that met analysts' expectations while lowering revenue guidance on one of its drugs into an 18.6% increase in share price yesterday? |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2006
Brian Gorman |
NICE Unkind to Biotech Developments in the U.K.'s drug coverage may hurt U.S. biotechs. Biotech investors, keep your eyes on this issue. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Abbott's Potential Billion-Dollar Problem Abbott's Humira forms antibodies in nearly a quarter of patients. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2010
Brian Orelli |
ASCO Abstracts -- Pops and Drops! Ever since The American Society of Clinical Oncology began posting abstracts on-line -- and before that when they were sent to attendees -- investors have clamored to get a glimpse at the data. Here's your glimpse. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Genentech Gets Another Approval Today, Genentech finally received formal approval to market its breast cancer therapy Herceptin for the early stages. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Genentech's Hope For the past two days, Genentech has been an example of what many investors hinge their hopes and dollars on. Yesterday's FDA approval of the company's groundbreaking cancer drug, Avastin, was the reason positive sentiment remained infectious today. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Just Enough to Give Investors Hope Hitting a secondary endpoint means all is not lost for Onyx's lung cancer drug. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2013 |
FDA Pursues Delicate Balancing Act The Agency struggles to ensure access to needed medicines while minimizing potential risks, writes Jill Wechsler. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Investing Against Breast Cancer Many companies are interested in both a cure and a large lucrative market. Which are the best investments now in this sector? |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Let's See Some Data, Curis Curis investors seem to have shrugged off the multiple unknowns and embraced the potential for the company's skin cancer drug. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Great Data Won't Do Much The full data from a clinical trial testing Pfizer's Sutent in pancreatic cancer was truly amazing. Unfortunately, it's not going to do very much for the stock or Pfizer's bottom line. |
Chemistry World
June 22, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
US Approves Cancer Drugs Twice as Fast as Europe Cancer drugs are, on average, approved nearly twice as fast in the US than they are in Europe. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2010 |
When the Payer IS the Player As Medicare, Medicaid, and the nation's web of private payers gain market power, how can pharma stay ahead of the cost-containment curve? |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
Langreth & Cortez |
When Two Cancer Drugs Are Better Than One Drugmakers are collaborating to test combinations of genetically targeted cancer drugs in hopes of boosting survival rates. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2008
Sarah Houlton |
Open For Debate Tensions mount as stakeholders in the UK health industry attempt to work out drug cost problems. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Drug Approved for Few Patients -- but That's OK The age of personalized medicine is upon us. Earlier this month, the FDA approved Roche's melanoma drug Zelboraf for patients with a specific mutation in BRAF. And on Friday, the agency approved Pfizer's Xalkori for lung cancer patients that are ALK-positive. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2010
Ralph Casale |
Companion Diagnostics in Cancer Drug Development Diagnostic companies partnering with drug developers can make for an attractive investment segment. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2011
Tim Beyers |
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals rose as much as 14% in intraday trading after the Food and Drug Administration approved Fusilev as a colon cancer treatment. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Dendreon: One Step Closer to Worry-Free Back in July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it planned on reviewing the reimbursement for Dendreon's prostate cancer treatment Provenge. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Genentech's Lucky Day Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals jump in today's trading session after favorable trial results for a cancer drug. |
