NICE Preliminary Decision On Sequential Use Of Anti-TNFs, NICE ‘Penny-Pinching’ Restricts Patient Choice
May 15th 2008Drug InformationArthritis
A leading arthritis charity accused the government’s health rationing watchdog of ‘penny-pinching’ in its decision to refuse thousands of people the chance to try an alternative life-changing anti-TNF drug if a first does not work for them. ‘Anti-TNFs can slow down the progress of rheumatoid arthritis. We hear so much about NHS choice but patients and clinicians alike will be frustrated by the decision to limit treatment options in this way.
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