For those of you that missed the rather excellent talk by the charismatic Sir Michael Rawlins of NICE, you can now download it in the ‘lecture series’ section of this blog. Faisal.
Posts Tagged ‘NICE’
Sir Michael Rawlins’ presentation now uploaded
Posted in Health care, Public lecture, Topical, tagged lecture, NICE on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NHS – Is cutting costs in medical technologies worth it?
Posted in Health care, News, Topical, tagged NICE, Pharmaceutical industry, QALYs on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thought this is quite apt ahead of Sir Michael Rawlins’ imminent talk…. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8374275.stm
Public lecture – Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman of NICE, Mon Nov 30th, 6pm, at NAB 107
Posted in Health care, Public lecture, Topical, tagged lecture, NICE, Pharmaceutical industry on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), will be giving a talk at the LSE on Monday, November 30th, at 6pm, NAB 107 (precise topic TBC). Sir Michael has been chairman of NICE since its formation in1999. He is also an Honorary Professor at the London School of [...]
Is Nexavar worth it?
Posted in Health care, News, Pharma, Topical, tagged Nexavar, NICE, Pharmaceutical industry, QALYs on November 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Greetings readers, And how are we on this rather crisp, Autumnal afternoon? Well, I hope. So the perceptive amongst you will have already picked up the topic of discussion in this post – Nexavar, a drug prescribed for end-stage liver cancer. Indeed, what prompted me to write this post apart from having itchy fingers, is [...]