The new coalition government has reinterated its preelection promise to give patients access to expensive cancer treatments after NICE rejected a drug for liver cancer for use on the NHS because of cost-effectiveness.
BMJ 2010;340:c2832
The direct cost of medicalisation of diseases such as anxiety disorders, behavioural disorders, body image, erectile dysfunction, infertility, obesity and sleep disorders has been found to be $77.1 billion per year in the US.
BMJ 2010;340:c2779
Former Roche employee is questioning the drug marketing of oseltamivir (tamiflu) to businesses in order to promote business continuity. He claims that there was no effort to speak only to healtcare professionals, as the law requires for prescription drugs.
BMJ 2010; 340:c2805
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