The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has opened a consultation on the use of five digital health products that can be used to help children and adolescents better manage anxiety or low mood.
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said its review of the Prontosan line of wound care products by B. Braun Medical AG of Melsungen, Germany, may be a cost saver for the National Health System compared to saline flush for chronic wounds. However, the agency also noted that most of the evidence of the effectiveness is of “not good quality,” suggesting that the company conduct more clinical trials to cover the evidence gap.
The U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is playing catch-up after seeing its workflow disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and has made the first funding approval using a new fast track appraisal process.
LONDON – After a year in the mill, the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has put proposals for how it intends to evaluate drugs, devices and diagnostics in the future out for consultation.
