The drugs industry is overpricing vital new medicines to boost its profits, the chair of the health watchdog Nice warns today in an explosive intervention into the debate over NHS rationing. Professor Sir Michael Rawlins spoke out after critics last week accused the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) of 'barbarism' for refusing to approve expensive new kidney drugs for NHS use, on the grounds that they were not cost-effective.
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Medicines watchdog attacks NHS 'postcode lottery' and drug costs - The Independent 18th August 2008
NHS risks losing cancer drugs - The Sunday Times 17th August 2008
Drug firms deny pricing for profit - The Telegraph 18th August 2008
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Medicines watchdog attacks NHS 'postcode lottery' and drug costs - The Independent 18th August 2008
NHS risks losing cancer drugs - The Sunday Times 17th August 2008
Drug firms deny pricing for profit - The Telegraph 18th August 2008
2 comments:
Of course the NHS can't afford cancer drugs, there's too much demand for free NHS valium! http://notnews.today.com/2008/08/18/drug-firms-deny-pricing-for-profit/
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