The Cost-Sharing Solution: The New NICE Ticket
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
J&J's Velcade and Celgene's Revlimid illustrate how pharma has adapted to the NICE UK cost-effectiveness watchdog. Now that the UK precedents exist, there will be more to come. But are they really pharma's ticket to increased access, and do they assure the value to the health care system that they claim?
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