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Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Campaigners against the UK’s controversial drug pricing deal with Donald Trump are threatening the government with legal action unless it scraps a key element of the plan. They claim that a change to how drug treatments are approved for use by the NHS, which could lead to it paying even higher prices for them, amounts…

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Major Complete Response Rate in Very High-Risk Bladder Cancer With Combo Treatment

Major Complete Response Rate in Very High-Risk Bladder Cancer With Combo Treatment

WASHINGTON — Adding immunotherapy to standard treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) achieved complete response (CR) in more than 90% of patients who had refused cystectomy for high-risk disease, a small prospective study showed. Only three of 37 patients did not have a CR at 6 months with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)….

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