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Cannabis-based medicine among drugs approved for use in Scotland

A cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis patients has been accepted for use on the NHS in Scotland. Drugs for cancer patients and adult kidney transplant patients are also among those for which the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) issued ...

20 Sept 2022 at 16:21

Scotland

Charities welcome acceptance of new medicines for use in Scotland

Charities have welcomed the acceptance of treatments for a heart condition, cancer and insomnia for use on the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has also accepted treatments for severe alopecia, type 2 diabetes, chronic ...

08 Apr 2024 at 11:37

Scotland

New treatment for advanced prostate cancer approved for use in Scotland

The use of a novel hormonal therapy by men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer has been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC). Apalutamide was considered for use to treat adults with prostate cancer that has ...

12 Sept 2022 at 16:59

Scotland

Breast cancer drug among latest batch of medicines accepted for use in Scotland

A treatment which could save the lives of more breast cancer patients has been accepted for use on the NHS in Scotland. Olaparib (Lynparza) is one of a number of treatments approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) in its ...

09 Oct 2023 at 12:00

Scotland

SMC approves new treatments for breast cancer and melanoma sufferers

A treatment for advanced breast cancer which could help patients live for longer has been approved for use on the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) gave the green light for doctors to use trastuzumab ...

10 Apr 2023 at 14:49

Scotland

Drugs to treat prostate and lung cancers accepted for use in Scotland

Treatments for different types of cancer and a life-threatening fungal infection are among those to have been accepted for use on the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted five medicines in ...

07 Oct 2024 at 10:40

Scotland

New drugs to treat cancer and eczema approved for use in Scotland

Drugs to treat cancer and eczema are among those which have been newly approved for routine use on the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted axicabtagene ciloleucel, known by the brand ...

11 Nov 2024 at 11:46

Scotland

Charity welcomes approval of drug to fight aggressive form of breast cancer

A breast cancer charity has hailed the approval of a new drug to treat women with a particularly aggressive form of the disease, describing it as offering “precious hope” of more lives being saved in the long term. ...

12 Jun 2023 at 17:10

Scotland

Asthma and heart disease treatments approved for use on NHS in Scotland

Treatments for patients with heart disease and those with severe asthma have been approved for use on the NHS in Scotland. Three treatments have been accepted in the latest round of decisions from the Scottish ...

07 Aug 2023 at 11:57

Scotland

Drug to treat youngsters with rare condition approved for routine use by NHS

A new cancer treatment and a drug to help children with a rare hereditary disease have been approved for routine use by the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) said it has approved ...

15 Jan 2024 at 13:32

New drug for cervical cancer patients approved for use in NHS in Scotland

Scotland has become the the first part of the UK to make a new treatment for women with advanced cervical cancer available on the NHS. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved the use of ...

13 Feb 2023 at 15:04

Scotland

Treatments for cancer and multiple sclerosis accepted for use on NHS

Medicines to treat patients with multiple sclerosis and a rare type of cancer have been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Selpercatinib, ...

09 Jun 2025 at 13:50

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