While GLP-1 receptor agonists continue to grab the headlines as a treatment option for obesity, another therapy, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), is seeing a steady rise in demand.
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) endorsed the use of the Orbit system by Mindtech Ltd. as a treatment for tics and Tourette syndrome.
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave the nod to a total of 11 robotic surgical systems for use in the U.K.’s trusts, but this is no free pass as the agency expects the manufacturers of these systems to gather data under this conditional coverage framework.
The U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) historically relies on cost savings to vet novel medical technologies, but that may soon change per a Feb. 7 announcement.
Remote monitoring for patients with implanted cardiac electrophysiology devices may finally be coming of age in the U.K. thanks to a review of these systems by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Agency has become the third to approve Eli Lilly and Co.’s Kisunla (donanemab), but the drug’s spending watchdog has simultaneously ruled the Alzheimer’s disease treatment is not cost effective.
For once, the U.K.’s health technology assessment body, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has no reservations about the cost effectiveness of a new drug and is recommending Eli Lilly and Co.’s obesity therapy, Mounjaro (tirzepatide), for use in the National Health Service (NHS).
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence endorsed the Qb Test by Qbtech AB of Stockholm to aid in diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in those aged 6 to 17.
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence reported that mental health professionals experienced a dramatic increase in referrals for anxiety and depression over the past decade but noted that digital therapies might help manage the caseload, representing a significant opportunity for developers of these products.
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence sees some evidence that single-step insertions of scaffolds for knees with damaged cartilage offer significant benefits, calling for the use of registries for tracking of outcomes data.
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