Alzheimer’s drug rejected for widespread use by NHS spending watchdog
A new Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the health service in England after the health spending watchdog said it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”.The news comes as the UK’s medicines regulator said donanemab could be licensed for use in the UK.
Alzheimer’s wonder drug faces NHS block over cost
The most effective drug for Alzheimer’s will be blocked for use on the NHS on Wednesday. Regulators are expected to declare the new treatment for the disease safe for use but the rationing body for the health service will immediately rule that it is too expensive for NHS patients.
Donanemab – what we know about the latest Alzheimer’s drug
Donanemab is a targeted antibody drug which slows down the early stages of Alzheimer’s. The drug, and another new drug for Alzheimer’s called lecanemab, have been billed as a huge step forward in research because they target a known cause of the disease, rather than just treating the symptoms.
New Alzheimer’s drugs should be available on NHS, says patient’s wife
A wife whose husband will not be eligible for new Alzheimer’s drugs has implored health leaders to ensure that others like him will be able to access treatments. New disease-modifying Alzheimer’s drugs work best when they are given to patients in the early stages of disease.
U.K.’s cost-effectiveness agency says Alzheimer’s drug donanemab does not provide good value
For the second time in recent months, a U.K. agency said the limited benefits of a new Alzheimer’s drug do not justify its costs.
Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s drug rejected as too expensive by UK’s NHS, FT reports
The UK’s healthcare spending watchdog has rejected Eli Lilly’s (LLY) Alzheimer’s drug as being too expensive despite being
England’s Drug-Cost Watchdog Rejects Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Drug
Regulator cited significant uncertainties about the drug’s benefits, as well as the high costs to treat its severe side effects.
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UK approves Lilly's Alzheimer's drug, but deemed 'too expensive' for wide use
Eli Lilly's treatment for early Alzheimer's was deemed too expensive for wide use by UK's cost-effectiveness body on Wednesday, signalling that patients are unlikely to get access following approval by the country's medicines regulator.
NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s
A new drug that slows the pace of Alzheimer's disease is too expensive for too little benefit to be used on the NHS, the watchdog says.
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Lilly’s donanemab could bring new hope to Alzheimer’s patients in Australia following lecanemab rejection: GlobalData
There are four dementia-specific medications approved in Australia – donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, and memantine.
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