The health technology assessment (HTA) body in Scotland has accepted Janssen Pharmaceuticals’s Spravato (esketamine), after deciding that the first-of-a-kind nasal spray for difficult-to-treat depression is an acceptable use of the country’s National Health Service resources.
Same Price & Trial Data: Scotland OKs Spravato Funding After England Says No
Discrepancy in access to Janssen’s antidepressant nasal spray between patients in Scotland and those in England and the rest of the UK may be due to the differences in methodologies and approaches used by the health technology assessment bodies.
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