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Patients to get new medicines up to six months sooner

As a practising surgeon, I know how important it is that patients get access to the latest treatments as quickly as possible. That’s why we’re cutting red tape so safe and effective new medicines can ...
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In consultation: Guidance and quality standards

Brentuximab vedotin with etoposide, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, dacarbazine and dexamethasone for untreated advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma ID6437 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope ...
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500,000 eligible to benefit from new non-hormonal treatment for hot flushes caused by menopause

A new treatment option for menopausal hot flushes and night sweats can be used in the NHS when hormone replacement therapy ...
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Saving babies' hearing: how a world-first rapid genetic test is transforming neonatal care

Learn how NICE's healthtech guidance helped bring life-changing genetic testing to neonatal units across the UK, saving 20 ...
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Niraparib for maintenance treatment of advanced ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy

Niraparib for maintenance treatment of advanced ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy Technology appraisal guidance TA673 Published: 17 ...
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Dabrafenib plus trametinib for treating BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

Evidence-based recommendations on dabrafenib (Tafinlar) plus trametinib (Mekinist) for BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in adults. There is a commercial access agreement ...
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Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain

This guideline covers assessing all chronic pain (chronic primary pain, chronic secondary pain, or both) and managing chronic primary pain in people aged 16 years and over. Chronic primary pain is ...
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Intrapartum care

This guideline covers the care of pregnant women and pregnant trans and non-binary people and their babies during labour and immediately after birth. It focuses on women and pregnant people who give ...
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Isatuximab with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for treating relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma

Isatuximab, plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone, is recommended for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund as an option for treating relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma in adults who have had ...
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Durvalumab for treating locally advanced unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer after platinum-based chemoradiation

Guidance Standards and indicators Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) British National Formulary (BNF) BNF for Children (BNFC) Life sciences Library and knowledge services What NICE does Implementing ...
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Ataluren for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy with a nonsense mutation in the dystrophin gene

Evidence-based recommendations on ataluren (Translarna) for Duchenne muscular dystrophy with a nonsense mutation in the dystrophin gene in people 2 years and over who can walk. There is a simple ...