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NHS & Drugs Companies (7th May 12 at 9:37am UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (7th May 12 at 11:03am UTC)
Using Avastin for eye condition wet AMD 'could save NHS £84m' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17956425
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (9th Oct 12 at 9:34pm UTC)
Bad hair day? Blame it on your medicine http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2214841/Bad-hair-day-Blame-medicine.html#ixzz28q8tdTWx
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (12th Oct 12 at 10:14pm UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (13th Oct 12 at 10:18pm UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (15th Oct 12 at 10:27am UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (23rd Oct 12 at 9:57pm UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (25th Oct 12 at 10:05pm UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (31st Oct 12 at 11:26pm UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (22nd Nov 12 at 11:07pm UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (3rd Jan 14 at 12:38pm UTC)
Lack of drug data 'extreme concern' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25576520
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (12th Aug 14 at 9:42am UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (20th Aug 14 at 10:04am UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (6th Nov 14 at 5:25pm UTC)
Pharmaceutical industry gets high on fat profits http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28212223
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (6th Nov 14 at 5:29pm UTC)
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
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Re: NHS & Drugs Companies (16th Dec 14 at 1:36pm UTC)
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
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