Sanofi has called for changes in how England’s National Health Service (NHS) and health technology assessment (HTA) body, NICE, approach pricing for medicines that have multiple indications.
Sanofi: England Needs ‘Flexible’ Pricing For Multi-Indication Drugs
Sanofi, Alexion and Eli Lilly argue for changes in England’s health technology assessment and medicine pricing processes that could help patients to access more medicines.

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