Sight-drug battle in High Court – BBC News
“Three patients are taking their NHS trust to the High Court to try to force it to pay for a ‘sight-saving’ drug.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: medicines
Medical research is ‘hindered by out-of-date laws’ – The Times
“Research into new medicines is being impaired by intellectual property laws that are no longer suited to modern science, two Nobel laureates declare today in a letter to The Times.”
The Times, 5th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Eisai Ltd) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence – Times Law Reports
Regina (Eisai Ltd) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Court of Appeal
“Procedural fairness required the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to release a fully executable version of an economic model to those consulted in the course of an appraisal process and not simply a read-only version. To do otherwise would place drug companies at a significant disadvantage in challenging the reliability of those models.”
The Times, 7th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Thalidomide compensation demanded – BBC News
“Dozens of people born with deformities due to the drug thalidomide have demanded compensation from the company that invented the drug 50 years ago.”
BBC News, 18th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Victim Ryan Wilson in ‘Elephant man’ drug trial to get £2m – The Times
“A victim of the ‘elephant man’ drug trial is set to receive more than £2 million for his horrific injuries, it emerged yesterday.”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ruling ‘denies treatment to 100,000 Alzheimer’s patients’ – Daily Telegraph
“Almost 100,000 Alzheimer’s patients face being denied NHS treatment which could delay the onset of their disease, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Thalidomide victims launch battle for more compensation – The Guardian
“Fifty years since the introduction of thalidomide, sold as a ‘safe’ cure for morning sickness in pregnancy, its seriously disabled victims yesterday launched a campaign for greater compensation from the German manufacturer outside the German embassy in London.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctors for Reform fight NHS order to halt cancer care – The Times
“A group representing nearly 1,000 doctors is preparing to mount a legal action against the health service to stop care being withdrawn from patients who want to pay for their own cancer medicines.”
The Times, 30th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Doctor in MMR row defends stance at disciplinary hearing – The Guardian
“The doctor who first sparked widespread safety fears over the MMR vaccine said yesterday that his paramount concern was ‘clinical care’ for children who had developed autism after being vaccinated.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Drugs law to be tightened as Seroxat firm is rebuked – The Independent
“Ministers promised to strengthen laws to protect patients after a drugs company was criticised for withholding information about clinical trials showing links between its anti-depressant drug and possible suicides among teenagers.”
The Independent, 7th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Drugs firms face new laws on test results – The Guardian
“A major tightening of the law governing the oversight of drugs companies will be announced today when the government says GlaxoSmithKline delayed informing the authorities that a controversial drug increased the likelihood of suicide among teenagers.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Forcing drug companies to publish negative trial results ‘is against law’ – The Times
“An election pledge to require drugs companies to publish full details of clinical trials for medicines cannot be fulfilled because it is illegal under EU law, the Government has admitted.”
The Times, 27th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Alzheimer’s drugs appeal granted – BBC News
“A row over funding for Alzheimer’s drugs on the NHS is to go to the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rent a home in Scotland and get cancer drugs free, QC tells English patients – The Times
“English cancer patients should rent a second home in Scotland to gain access to drugs not available in England, an expert on NHS law suggested yesterday.”
The Times, 14th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court orders review of Alzheimer’s drugs guidance – The Guardian
“A high court judge today ordered a review of guidelines on access to anti-dementia drugs, in a landmark ruling that favoured drugs companies and the Alzheimer’s Society.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Decision due on Alzheimer’s drugs – BBC News
“Campaigners are set to learn if they have won their High Court battle over the availability of Alzheimer’s drugs for people with early-stage disease.”
BBC News, 10th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Victory for woman refused cancer drug – Daily Telegraph
“A woman with cancer who was refused a drug that could prolong her life has won her High Court case to overturn the decision.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Medical chiefs renew support for MMR – The Times
“Doctors and scientists have come together to endorse the safety of the MMR vaccine, ahead of a disciplinary hearing today involving the researchers who first linked it to health risks.”
The Times, 16th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public health experts fear fallout from MMR hearing – The Guardian
“Public health doctors are bracing themselves for a further decline in public confidence in the MMR jab as the long-awaited hearing into alleged serious professional misconduct by Andrew Wakefield and two other doctors gets under way at the General Medical Council on Monday.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
