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Around 3,000 deaths and 5,500 hospital admissions in England caused by chronic heart failure could be prevented each year following our updated draft guideline on medical treatment of the disease.
NICE describes how weight loss drug tirzepatide will be rolled out
The medication will initially be offered only to those people with the highest clinical needs.
NICE recommends Piqray and Trodelvy, maintaining 100% approvals of breast cancer drugs since 2018.
NICE says new triple negative advanced breast cancer drug too expensive for NHS use
NICE has issued draft guidance which does not recommend sacituzumab govitecan for treating locally advanced or metastatic triple negative breast cancer.
Further treatment option for triple-negative breast cancer recommended
NICE has today (8 November 2022) published final draft guidance which recommends pembrolizumab as an option for people with a type of breast cancer called triple-negative breast cancer.
New life-extending treatment for rare forms of advanced gastroesophageal cancer
Around 3,000 people could be eligible for a new life-extending combination therapy to treat rare forms of gastroesophageal cancer after NICE published final draft guidance today (24 November 2022).
Women should be offered induced labour earlier than previously advised
Induced labour should be offered earlier than previously advised to make birth safer for women and their babies, according to draft guidelines published by NICE today (25 May 2021). The updated recommendations strengthen previous advice in the light of new evidence on induction timings.
Consultation on NHS England proposals for a phased launch of obesity injection
Proposals for a phased launch of the obesity injection tirzepatide have been set out, as a consultation begins.
More people are benefitting from NICE-recommended statins to reduce heart attacks and strokes
Around 5.3 million people in England were given a NICE-recommended statin or ezetimibe by their GP to help reduce their cholesterol during 2023/24, the largest number on record and almost 900,000 more than in 2022/23.
People who have had a stroke should be offered additional rehabilitation
People who have had a stroke and who have continuing impairment or limitations on their activities should be offered additional rehabilitation to help them recover
Statins a choice for more people to reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes
New evidence on the safety of statins means more people could benefit from them, new NICE draft guidance says.
Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy not recommend for triple negative breast cancer
Draft guidance published today (8 March 2022) by NICE does not recommend pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for treating triple negative breast cancer
People in England could benefit from new endometrial cancer treatment
Innovative new drug for treating endometrial cancer in adults recommended by NICE as an option for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Thousands of people living with obesity are set to benefit from a new drug which has helped those using it to reduce their weight by more than 10 per cent.
NICE recommends innovative treatment for severe blood disorder for NHS use
Caplacizumab, with plasma exchange and immunosuppression, will be used to treat acute acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.