Cancer Drugs Fund Extended As Pharma Calls For U.K. HTA Rethink
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Drug manufacturers say the announced two-year extension for Britain’s Cancer Drugs Fund would not have been needed if NICE was not so focused on cost.
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