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Nice Weekend Weather… "Earth Gauge": Asthma & Air Quality, Water Photo Contest
WOKV (blog) Are you one of the 24 million people living in the United States affected by asthma? More than 1,000 people are admitted to the hospital each day because of this chronic lung disease, which costs the nation around $56 billion each year in both direct … |
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Maine News |
A First: NICE Drafts New Guidance to Improve Accuracy of Asthma Diagnosis
Maine News The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has warned that over one million people who were treated for asthma might have been misdiagnosed. The health watchdog stated that the studies have unveiled that up to 30% of the 4.1 million … |
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Gloucestershire Echo |
NICE backs FeNO devices for asthma diagnosis
Nursing Times It has recommended three devices – NIOX MINO, NIOX VERO and NObreath – to measure the levels of fractional-exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) a patient is breathing out that are indicative of inflammation associated with asthma. The institute's guidance … Asthma sufferers recommended breath test pioneered in Gloucestershire Search for jobs in the North East |
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Xolair gets asthma green light from NICE
PMLiVE The UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the use of Novartis' asthma injection Xolair as an add-on therapy on the NHS in England and Wales. The final guidance means Xolair (omalizumab) is now an option for … |
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NICE Turnaround On Novartis' Xolair To Be Discussed At Asthma & Copd …
Big News Network.com asthma in adults, adolescents and children. The decision comes as a result of a move by Novartis to offer a patient access scheme to discount Xolair's list price. An estimated 65 million people currently suffer from COPD globally with 300 million … |
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NICE U-turn on Novartis' Xolair for asthma
PharmaTimes The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence said it now recommends Xolair (omalizumab) as an option for treating severe, persistent allergic asthma in adults, adolescents and children, in a complete turnaround from its earlier intention … Asthma treatment – double U-turn Life-changing jab gives hope to asthma sufferers NICE approves use of asthma drug omalizumab |
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 Yahoo! News (blog) |
NICE backs Novartis asthma drug in fresh U-turn
Yahoo! News (blog) LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said it planned to recommend the use of Novartis's severe asthma drug Xolair after prevaricating for months over whether it should be paid for on the taxpayer-funded National Health … |
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NICE sets out new standards for asthma care
Nursing Times It says the new guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of asthma in adults, young people and children aged 12 months and older will lead to improved care for patients. The new quality standard, published on February 21, comprises 11 statements that … NICE's new asthma quality standard "could change millions of lives" New integrated approach to asthma care New asthma care 'could change millions of lives' |
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Asthma Drug Rejected by UK's NICE
WebProNews The U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) this weekend issued a draft guidance stating that it does not recommend omalizumab, an asthma medication marketed as Xolair by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. NICE is a U.K. health … |
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 Daily Mail |
UK's NICE rejects Novartis asthma drug in change of tack
Reuters Health ». LONDON | Thu Nov 8, 2012 7:06pm EST. LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE plans to recommend against the use of Novartis's severe asthma drug Xolair, or omalizumab, after earlier endorsing it for adults only. Now English asthma patients are denied life-changing drug offered to Scots Asthma drug life changing: swimmer |
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