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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

New drugs approved to treat migraines and heart failure in Scotland

A new treatment for migraines has been approved for use on the NHS In Scotland in what has been hailed as a “positive step forward” for sufferers. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) approved rimegepant, also known ...

09 May 2023 at 17:27

Scotland

Cancer treatments approved for use on NHS

Two new treatments for cancer have been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Blinatumomab (also known as Blincyto) for treating adults with acute lymphoblastic ...

09 Sept 2025 at 10:40

Scotland

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 ...

20 Sept 2022 at 16:21

Scotland

Three new cancer drugs approved for use for NHS Scotland

Three new treatments for cancer have been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) however said it could not approve a new treatment for patients with the lung condition ...

11 Aug 2025 at 12:56

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 ...

07 Oct 2024 at 10:40

Scotland

Cancer drug accepted for use on NHS

A treatment for a rare type of cancer has been accepted for use on the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Zanubrutinib, also known as Brukinsa, for the treatment of adult ...

09 Dec 2024 at 11:46

Scotland

Cannabis-based medicine among batch of new drugs approved for use in Scotland

A cannabis-based medicine can now be prescribed to sufferers of a rare genetic condition which causes seizures as part of a raft of drugs approved for use on the Scottish health service. Epidyolex, or ...

07 Feb 2022 at 19:25

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 ...

12 Jun 2023 at 17:10

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