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·
Available preparations and site of
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release updated.
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·
assist NHS budget holders and those involved in prescribing planning assess potential impact of new
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·
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·
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5 July 2021
·
the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and MHRA
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The licence and supporting evidence for eculizumab biosimilar
6 March 2024
·
In all comparisons as determined by haemolysis measured by
lactate
dehydrogenase levels.
Planning
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11 February 2020
·
information about the product including how it works and how it is administered, whether it is a high cost
drug
Considerations for using medicines following bariatric surgery
31 March 2022
·
should consider when prescribing for a patient after bariatric surgery include the type of surgery,
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12 February 2024
·
Controlled
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Not all controlled
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can be supplied or administered under a PGD.
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