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Health in focus  
15/05/2012
Thinking Ahead - Hay Fever Season
THINKING AHEAD is a resource document for specific health events and seasonal conditions that may have a public health impact. This edition is for the Hay Fever Season May to August 2012
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16/05/2012
One-year preliminary results from IVAN study shows ranibizumab and bevacizumab of similar efficacy for the treatment of neovascular AMD
NeLM News Service
Ophthalmology
16/05/2012
NICE issues “Final Appraisal Determination” recommending abiraterone for metastatic, castration resistant prostate cancer (following cytotoxic therapy)
NeLM News Service
NICE
16/05/2012
Pazopanib for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma: results from the PALETTE trial
NeLM News Service
Lancet
16/05/2012
Meta-analysis: ACE inhibitors linked to increased angioedema risk compared to ARBs and aliskiren
NeLM News Service
Am J Cardiology
16/05/2012
Bortezomib added to thalidomide and dexamethasone (TD) associated with superior efficacy outcomes in MM patients progressing or relapsing after stem cell transplantation
NeLM News Service
Journal of Clinical Oncology
16/05/2012
Clofarabine plus cytarabine vs. cytarabine alone in older patients with relapsed or refractory AML: Results from the CLASSIC I trial
NeLM News Service
Journal of Clinical Oncology
16/05/2012
Adjuvant radiochemotherapy shows benefit compared with observation after curative gastric cancer resection
NeLM News Service
Journal of Clinical Oncology
16/05/2012
Review: Maintenance drugs to treat opioid dependence
NeLM News Service
BMJ
16/05/2012
Should childhood vaccination be mandatory? Yes or no
NeLM News Service
BMJ
16/05/2012
NHS Choices Behind the Headlines: Statins 'may cut bowel cancer risk'
NeLM News Service
NHS Choices
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Evidence
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15/05/2012
SMC does not recommend ipilimumab (Yervoy®) for advanced melanoma
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts insulin detemir (Levemir®) for restricted use in diabetes mellitus
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts everolimus (Afinitor®) for use in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours of pancreatic origin (pNET)
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts etanercept (Enbrel®) for restricted use in children and adolescents with polyarticular JIA
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts etanercept (Enbrel®) for restricted use in children and adolescents with psoriasis
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts collagenase (Xiapex®) for restricted use in the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC does not recommend bevacizumab (Avastin®) for first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
London Cancer New Drugs Group Rapid Review: Bortezomib as first line induction prior to melphalan and ASCT in untreated symptomatic multiple myeloma patients
Drug Specific Reviews
London Cancer New Drugs Group
10/05/2012
What are the equivalent doses of oral benzodiazepines?
Medicines Q & A
South West Medicines Information and Training
09/05/2012
NHS HTA: Dasatinib, high-dose imatinib and nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia
Drug Specific Reviews
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Development of a classification system for drug-related problems in the hospital setting (APS-Doc) and assessment of the inter-rater reliability
Medicines Management
Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
16/05/2012
Surrogates, meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness modelling: a combined analytic approach
Medicines Management
Health Economics
16/05/2012
Customization in prescribing for bipolar disorder
Medicines Management
Health Economics
16/05/2012
The regional profile of antibiotic prescriptions in Italian outpatient children
Medicines Management
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
16/05/2012
Self-monitoring of blood glucose in Type 2 diabetes: cross-sectional analyses in 1993, 1999 and 2009
Medicines Management
Diabetic Medicine
16/05/2012
Acceptance of insulin therapy: a long shot? Psychological insulin resistance in primary care
Medicines Management
Diabetic Medicine
16/05/2012
Ramadan Prospective Diabetes Study: the role of drug dosage and timing alteration, active glucose monitoring and patient education
Medicines Management
Diabetic Medicine
16/05/2012
Value of information and pricing new healthcare interventions
Medicines Management
PharmacoEconomics
16/05/2012
Physicians should be paid to report adverse drug reactions, experts say
Medicines Management
Canadian Medical Association Journal
16/05/2012
Seeking hard data on adverse effects of drugs
Medicines Management
Canadian Medical Association Journal
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