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Novartis has announced that its investigational heart failure treatment LCZ696 (sacubitril valsartan) has been given a positive scientific opinion under the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) for patients with significant unmet medical need. 

Large numbers of people with learning disabilities are being inappropriately prescribed antipsychotic drugs, according a new UCL study.

NICE has issued its final recommendation for edoxaban (Lixiana) for the treatment and prevention of recurrent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in adults.  

People in the UK are living longer but are coping with more medical ailments causing illness or disability in their older years, according to a major new international study published in The Lancet today.

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) patients with advanced disease in England face an uncertain future due to an inequity restricting access to a treatment compared to patients in Scotland and Wales.

The first licensed stimulant Elvanse Adult indicated as part of a comprehensive treatment programme for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults has been launched today. 

NHS England has published a new Clinical Commissioning Policy making bedaquiline (Sirturo) routinely available on the NHS as part of an appropriate combination regimen for the treatment of pulmonary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in adult patients when an effective treatment regimen cannot otherwise be composed for reasons of resistance or tolerability. 

Heart medications that target stress could help women with ovarian cancer to live longer, new analysis of patient records has revealed.

Older people sleep less, but experience better quality sleep and feel more awake during the day, new research into the effects of age on sleep has suggested.

E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking, Public Health England has reported.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Addyi (flibanserin) for the treatment of acquired generalised hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women.

The UK's largest study to date in diabetic foot ulceration has shown the potential of oxygen therapy to revolutionise wound care, according to data presented at the recent European Wound Management Association (EWMA) conference.

For the first time Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre have considered how well healthcare environments support the provision of care to those with dementia.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recruited 9 national advisors to provide advice and leadership on how the regulator inspects mental health and learning disability services across England.

The chief executive of NHS Employers has claimed the British Medical Association's '10 reasons for not re-entering negotiations with junior doctors' demonstrate a "staggering lack of understanding of what the Doctors and Dentists Review Body recommendations actually are".