Nice U-Turn Offers Hope for Thousands Fearing Blindness
Birmingham Post › August 27, 2008
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Summary
Thousands of people with a devastating eye disease could have their sight saved by a new drug available on the NHS, under guidelines published today.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has recommended the drug Lucentis after performing a U-turn on draft guidance last year.See the full content of this document
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Nice U-Turn Offers Hope for Thousands Fearing Blindness
The move was welcomed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), which has campaigned for Lucentis for thousands with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
AMD is the lead...See the full content of this document
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