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Pfizer Appeals UK Fine Over NHS Hike

20.02.2017 - US drugs giant Pfizer has challenged the record £84 million fine imposed by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for a supply scheme that resulted in a 2,600% price...

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UK Said Cutting Costs for Expensive Drugs

30.01.2017 - About 20% of all new drugs will be rationed under tighter cost-cutting plans in the UK’s National Service (NHS), according to reports, which suggest that patients who suffer from...

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UK Health Agency Blesses Merck Cancer Drug

10.09.2015 - UK drug cost-effectiveness agency National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE, has approved the use of US drugmaker Merck’s Keytruda for treatment of certain cases of...

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Sanofi Draws Fire Over Cost of MS Drug Lemtrada

01.11.2012 - Medical journal The Lancet warned that Sanofi's experimental multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada may be too costly for patients and health insurers once it gets approved by regulators...