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Cancer Drugs Fund Extended As Pharma Calls For U.K. HTA Rethink

 
• By Faraz Kermani

Drug manufacturers say the announced two-year extension for Britain’s Cancer Drugs Fund would not have been needed if NICE was not so focused on cost.

A two-year extension to the U.K.’s cancer drugs fund has been welcomed by the pharmaceutical industry, but it does little to solve the longer-term problems that oncology drug manufacturers are facing on the reimbursement there front.

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement on Sept. 28 that the Cancer Drugs Fund would be kept afloat until March...

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• By Eliza Slawther

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• By Francesca Bruce

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• By Eliza Slawther

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• By Eliza Slawther

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UK Pilots Faster Setup Of Early Phase Oncology Trials

 
• By Vibha Sharma

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• By Bridget Silverman

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