NICE Withdrew Four Appraisals Because the Medicine Went Off Patent.
Going off patent now costs a medicine its named appraisal. And the withdrawal is a routing decision carrying no right of appeal.
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CMS Added Five Tracks to ACCESS. The Payer Pledge Covers 165 Million People Who Cannot Join It.
The expansion is the announcement. Payers covering 165 million pledged to align with a model none of their members can join.
The UK Commission Wants L-Plates for AI and an End to One-Time Approval
Coverage is calling these new AI rules. What they propose is replacing the single approval decision with supervised entry and permanent monitoring.
Years After NCCN Recommended It, FET-PET Finally Has an FDA-Approved Drug
The clinical case was settled before the regulatory one. Clinicians held an NCCN recommendation with no lawful product to act on it.
Korea adds Pergoveris pen to reimbursement rolls, vial already covered
This is a device listing, not an eligibility expansion. The indication is unchanged, and the criteria were relaxed back in April 2025.
CDA-AMC reverses course, backs Leqembi’s first ruling content still undisclosed
Four words carry the news: follows a reconsideration. CDA-AMC reached a different conclusion first, and neither release says what it was.
3 of 1,357 Cleared AI Devices Have Public Outcome Trials. The Study Has No Non-AI Comparator.
The census counts publicly registered evidence, so it measures disclosure. Without a non-AI comparator it cannot show this is an AI problem.
Biocon Makes It, a Consultancy Holds the Licence, and Sandoz Sells It
Three parties, three functions, and Biocon holds only the middle one. Treat the caretaker MAH structure as the Japanese default, not the exception.
Abbott Cleared the First Dual Glucose and Ketone Sensor. FDA Judged Accuracy, Not Admissions.
The label says diabetes. The clinical argument is type 1. Coverage conversations start from 2.1 million people, not 40.1 million.
Three Proteins Flip the Tumour Sphere. Blocking Two of Them Flips It Back Toward Chemo-Resistance.
Blocking HER2 and HER3 impaired attachment, but pushed spheres into the state the same paper describes as chemo-resistant and pro-migratory.