Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
"Halve It", a broad coalition of experts and advocates in HIV welcomed the new guidance as a major step forward in helping to halve the proportion of people undiagnosed with HIV. New NICE guidance, published today, recommends an expansion of HIV testing in clinical and community settings in areas of ...
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Thursday, December 16th, 2010
A drive by the drug industry to promote new, more expensive type of insulins (known as analogue insulins) for people with type 2 diabetes is estimated to have cost the NHS at least £250m extra over the past five years. Yet for most people with type 2 diabetes, the extra ...
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
NICE has today (13 October) launched a new quality standard on specialist neonatal care services. These services are defined as high-dependency, surgical or intensive care. NICE quality standards are markers of excellent care. They are produced in collaboration with the NHS and social care professionals, along with their partners and ...
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
In its latest draft guidance, NICE has recommended trastuzumab (Herceptin, Roche Products) for certain patients with metastatic gastric cancer who have high levels of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). HER2 is a protein found on the surface of some cancer cells. Gastric cancer cells have higher levels of ...
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) today opens its consultation on the proposed process and methods guides for its Evaluation Pathway Programme for Medical Technologies. This new area of work was established by NICE in 2009, to focus specifically on the evaluation of innovative medical technologies, including ...
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