NICE Reassessing Old CDF Drugs On Value-For-Money Basis – Some Fail

NICE has begun the new HTA appraisal process for Britain’s remodeled Cancer Drugs Fund and has so far provisionally rejected three of the 35 drugs contained in the old CDF on cost-effectiveness grounds; two others got a thumbs up after their manufacturers offered further price cuts.

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is assessing 35 drugs contained in the old Cancer Drug Fund for their cost effectiveness and is displaying characteristic hard-nosed resolve about whether licensed medicines currently there should remain in it, should be recommended for routine commissioning, or cannot be recommended at all. NICE has so far provisionally rejected three drugs and okayed two out of a list of 35.

The independent agency is responsible for a "managed access" fund launched by NHS England in the end of July, with...

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