Drugs for hepatitis C and HIV prevention are causing funding problems for the NHS in England as court battles loom and innovation continues to bring more cost pressures.
A number of recent developments in the UK have again thrown the spotlight on the pressure being placed on the National Health Service by the arrival of effective but expensive new therapies, and also raised questions over the relationships between the NHS, local authorities and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
A prominent charity is seeking judicial review of NHS England's decision to limit the number of patients who will be...
50% tariffs on US imports from India, a range on others, an uncertain outcome of Section 232 investigations of pharma and talk of BRICS tariffs are making the forecasting environment for the pharma industry extremely difficult, the Pink Sheet finds in this infographic analysis.
The UK drug regulator and England’s health technology assessment agency have joined forces under an information sharing agreement, aimed at accelerating patient access to newly approved medicines by three to six months.
A newly launched UK government inquiry is seeking to learn how viable it would be to bring back domestic control over the entire drug manufacturing pipeline.
Pfizer is in active discussions with Trump on MFN pricing and collaborating with peers on direct sales as an approach to lower drug prices, CEO Albert Bourla said.
The UK drug regulator is collecting data to establish whether patients who are hospitalized for acute pancreatitis after taking a GLP-1 drug have a genetic predisposition to this side effect. If a “clear link” is found, the MHRA would consider regulatory action.
While titanium dioxide is banned as a food additive in the EU, the European Medicines Agency has convinced the European Commission to allow its continued use in the many thousands of medicines in which it is currently used.
Quantitative estimates of the safety risks with opioid pain medication, including the risk of addiction and misuse, must be added to labeling.
