written on 10.06.2014

MS docs, activists pressure U.K. cost watchdog to bless Biogen, GW meds

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The U.K.'s cost-effectiveness agency is accustomed to boos and hisses. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence often turns down new treatments it considers too expensive for their payoff in patients. So, will a campaign by patient advocates sway its opinion on two new multiple sclerosis drugs?