Important notice:
From 15th May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC will form the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre and will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
As part of NICE, all future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing home page.
NPC legacy site
From 15th May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC will form the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centreand will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
The NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre will continue to produce information to support the work NICE deliver around New Medicines. However, there will be some changes to the way in which these outputs are produced and published going forward, as part of the overall work delivered by NICE.
Over the next few weeks we will be launching the Evidence Summary: New Medicines. This new resource will echo the format of the NPC Rapid Review, providing a quick and succinct commentary on recent newsworthy health issues related to New Medicines and will be published on the Evidence Summary: New Medicines pages of the NICE website.
In addition, there will also be changes to the New Medicines network, which enables those who are eligible, to access additional resources and participate in a dedicated discussion group. These changes will not take effect immediately upon the launch of the Medicines and Prescribing Centre. Therefore, access to the current New Medicines discussion group will continue until further notice. Users will also be able to access the discussion group via the Communities of Practice section of the Medicines and prescribing homepage on the NICE website.
Although no new Medicines and prescribing content will be published to the NPC legacy website, the extensive catalogue of existing publications, resources and e-learning materials will still be available to view and download for as long as the information contained within them remains accurate and up-to-date.
Latest publications
On The Horizon Future Medicines - Insulin Degludec for Type 2 Diabetes - NHSnet access only. March 2012
On The Horizon Future Medicines - Aclidinium bromide for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - NHSnet access only. November 2011
On The Horizon Future Medicines - Eplerenone▼ for patients with NYHA class II chronic heart failure - Open access. July 2011
New medicines forum
The forum provides a network for those individuals whose role in the NHS in England involves managing the introduction of new medicines within health communities. Membership of the forum provides access to a restricted access discussion group as well as an invitation to attend three New Medicines workshops each year. For more information about the forum click here.
Useful links
Access links to websites and organisations which are useful to those involved in managing the entry of new medicines into local health economies.
Horizon scanning explained
Horizon scanning aims to identify in advance treatments that may have significant implications for clinical practice, service design or finance that are likely to become available to the NHS. Horizon scanning should also identify potential disinvestments by reviewing evidence on an ongoing basis. For more information about horizon scanning click here.
Access to new medicines explained
Access to New Medicines publications that discuss products pre-launch requires an NHSnet connection. However, once a product has been marketed the relevant publication will be available as 'Open access'.
New medicines
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