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Judge upheld Nice's restrictions
Nice ordered to rewrite Alzheimer’s guidelines

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has been ordered to change the way it assesses Alzheimer’s patients, in the first judicial review of its decisions. However, the High Court today upheld Nice’s decision that Alzheimer’s drugs did not offer value for money and to restrict them to people in the latter-stages of… Read more »

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NHS paying 'over the odds'
Johnson to push for cheaper NHS drugs deals

Alan Johnson wants to renegotiate with pharmaceutical companies to reduce the NHS drugs bill. Opposition MPs say the negotiations will be a key test of Mr Johnson and his ability to deliver efficiency to the NHS. A five-year deal, the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme (PPRS), was agreed in 2005, allowing drugs companies to set their… Read more »