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James Raftery on a greater role for industry in NICE’s cost per QALY?
In December 2008 the Department of Health in England published the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. It describes how the scheme will operate for at least five years from 2009. The previous scheme was […]
Richard Smith on why the private sector is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
On Monday I was at a meeting with Bill Clinton and Ban Ki-moon, illustrating my global significance. […]
Dr Harry’s netlines
The well known web site YouTube has amassed a reputation for containing a huge repository of video footage covering virtually every subject imaginable (and more). So it may come as […]
Tony Waterston on reaching a common view on Israel and Palestine
Anyone writing a piece on either Israel or the occupied Palestinian territories (the official UN title) will be exposed to a wealth comments from each side with often, little appearance […]
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
The social networking site Mumsnet is running a lively debate about how breast feeding rates could be increased. It was triggered by two recent BMJ research articles. You can follow the […]
James Raftery: End of life drugs – what premium? Pt 2
Having recommended NHS use of sunitinib for renal cancer, the appraisal committee of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued separate draft guidance for consultation, recommending against […]
James Raftery: End of life drugs—what premium? Pt 1
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK drugs watchdog, is currently appraising the use of four drugs—bevacizumab, sorafenib, sunitinib, and temsirolimus—for the treatment of advanced or […]
Sara McCafferty on priority setting
In October last year we announced the UK Forum on Health Care Priority Setting at the 7th meeting of the International Society on Priorities in Health Care. The forum is […]
Ask not what your organisation can do for you…
As the NHS becomes more savvy about its responsibilities to the future (after all, do we really want to behave in a way that risks making us ALL patients tomorrow) […]