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Latest News | 24 April 2013

PCORI Giving $68 Million to Build a National Comparative Effectiveness Research Network

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The US' Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), a budding comparative effectiveness research (CER) organization formed under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 10 April 2013

NICE Green Lights Two IVDs Intended to Detect Lung Cancer

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The UK cost containment agency, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), recommended on 9 April 2013 reimbursement for two in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices for detecting Read More...


Regulatory Update | 28 March 2013

Novartis' and Forrest's Cystic Fibrosis Drugs Green Lighted by NICE

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The UK’s cost containment agency, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), has recommended reimbursement for tobramycin (Tobi Podhaler, Novartis) and colistimethate sodium Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 27 March 2013

Looking to Change US Approach to Comparative Effectiveness Research, PCORI Staffs Advisory Panels

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The US Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) Board of Governors announced on 26 March 2013 that it had selected 84 people to serve on its first four advisory panels, staffing the Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 21 March 2013

In Reversal, NICE Clears Intermune's Esbriet for Reimbursement

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The UK’s cost containment agency, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), has issued its final appraisal determination recommending reimbursement by the National Health Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 21 February 2013

NICE Green Lights IVD for Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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The UK’s cost containment agency, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), has agreed to recommend the use of an innovative new diagnostic test designed to guide the use of Read More...


Latest News | 11 February 2013

IOM Workshop Report Calls for FDA to Assess Products Based on Cost Effectiveness

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Even casual observers of US healthcare policy are aware of a common refrain: Costs are too high, unsustainable and a poor indicator for the quality US patients ought to be receiving. While the reasons Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 1 February 2013

NICE Fails to Recommend Dapagliflozin for Type 2 Diabetes

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In draft guidance published on 31 January 2013, the UK's health technologies assessment body, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), does not recommend the use of Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 16 January 2013

France: Reimbursement Review Launched for Spinal Neurostimulation Devices

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France’s cost containment agency (HAS) is undertaking a health technology assessment review of all implantable spinal neurostimulation devices, whether rechargeable or not, that are intended for the Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 18 December 2012

UK's NICE Finds Roche's Avastin Not Cost-Effective for Ovarian Cancer

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The UK’s cost containment agency, the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), has issued draft guidance saying that while Roche’s blockbuster cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) Read More...


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