Blindness prevention drug could save NHS £84.5m, trial results show
Outcome raises stakes in confrontation between doctors and pharmaceutical companies fighting to protect high prices

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/06/blindness-prevention-drug-could-save-nhs-money

Using Avastin for eye condition wet AMD 'could save NHS £84m'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17956425

Bad hair day? Blame it on your medicine

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2214841/Bad-hair-day-Blame-medicine.html#ixzz28q8tdTWx

The NHS is being forced to spend an extra £44m a year on a single epilepsy drug, after a pharmaceutical firm increased the price almost 24-fold.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9604683/Pharma-firm-hikes-cost-of-epilepsy-drug-24-times.html

Exclusive: MS drug 'rebranded' – at up to 20 times the price

Pharmaceutical giant withdraws existing treatment to boost profits
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/exclusive-ms-drug-rebranded--at-up-to-20-times-the-price-8209885.html

Collaborative working greatly benefits patients

Partnership working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry at both a local and national level can improve outcomes for patients
http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2012/oct/15/collaborative-nhs-pharmaceutical-patients

Missing drug trial results 'costs lives and wastes millions', MP argues

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9627145/Missing-drug-trial-results-costs-lives-and-wastes-millions-MP-argues.html

Closed drug trials leave patients at risk and doctors in the dark

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9633402/Closed-drug-trials-leave-patients-at-risk-and-doctors-in-the-dark.html

Drugs giant Roche accused of sitting on trial data for flu treatment
Doubts remain about efficacy and safety of Tamiflu, stockpiled for use in pandemics

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/drugs-giant-roche-accused-of-sitting-on-trial-data-for-flu-treatment-8262319.html

MPs will consider whether private drug companies should be forced to share data from their clinical trials within the next year, the chairman of the health select committee has pledged.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9697110/MPs-to-examine-sharing-of-clinical-trial-data.html

Lack of drug data 'extreme concern' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25576520

The Guardian view on the NHS and soaring drugs prices
The cancer drugs fund has become a way of escaping constraints carefully established by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/11/guardian-view-nhs-soaring-drugs-prices

How the NHS can deal with soaring drugs prices
National Insitute of Clinical Excellence decisions have sparked debate over funding the spiralling cost of medication

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2014/aug/20/nhs-soaring-drugs-prices-nice

Pharmaceutical industry gets high on fat profits http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28212223

Lives will be lost unless the Government acts on off-patent drugs, charities warn

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/lives-will-be-lost-unless-the-government-acts-on-offpatent-drugs-charities-warn-9841994.html

Prescribing ever more pills is bad for the public's health

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/dec/16/prescribing-pills-public-health-statins-risks-benefits