Tag: national-institute
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UK cost agency says ‘no’ to pricey Vertex cystic fibrosis drug
LONDON (Reuters) – A new cystic fibrosis treatment from Vertex Pharmaceuticals has been rejected as too expensive by Britain’s healthcare cost agency NICE. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said on Wednesday that Orkambi, priced at an annual 104,000 pounds per patient, was not a cost-effective use of state healthcare resources, even…
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Texas executes man who killed city inspector in 2005
Texas on Tuesday executed a convicted killer who repeatedly shot a city code officer inspecting piles of garbage at the death row inmate's former home, a department of criminal justice official said. Adam Ward, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. The execution…