The shape of the UK's new drug pricing regime became clearer when the government confirmed it is handing responsibility for assessing the value of medicines to the National Centre for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), a body that has repeatedly clashed with the industry over its decisions on whether drugs should be funded by the National Health Service.
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LONDON – The part of the immune system that deals with viruses and other pathogens can also delay the healing of bone fractures, a new study has found.
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With additional data in the offing for its Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) drug Raxone (idebenone), Santhera Pharmaceuticals AG has withdrawn its marketing authorization application (MAA) from the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) re-examination process and will instead submit a new file with an expanded patient database.
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SEEK Ltd. has raised £25 million (US$37.9 million) to fund its spin-off, infirst Healthcare Ltd., toward an independent existence as a specialist in patent-protected over-the-counter (OTC) treatments. Read More
Schizophrenia claimed another victim last week as shares of BioLineRx Ltd. plummeted after the company halted the Phase II/III CLARITY trial of BL-1020, its first-in-class, orally available GABA-enhanced antipsychotic and the lead program in the company's diverse pipeline.
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