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Submission from Prof Jill JF Belch, Immediate Past President of European Society of Vascular Medicine, Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, 5 April 2023.
Changes since the Montgomery Review - interim acceptance
The SMC said it was working on extending interim acceptance to more new medicines. The notion of conditional approval was welcomed by stakeholders including the European Medicines GroupiEuropean Medicines Group.
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Provide an opportunity to discuss medicines with patients;
Reduce waste by avoiding patients remaining on medicines which are no longer effective for them; and
Prevent harm from taking medicines which are no longer suitable.
We also agreed that the purpose of the inquiry was not to consider the cost effectiveness of new medicines or whether particular medicines should be routinely available for prescribing by the NHS in Scotland.
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Sco ttish Min iste r s , sp e cial adv is e r s a nd th e Pe r m a n e n t Se cr e ta ry a r e co v e r e d by th e te r m s of th e Lobby in g (Sco tla nd) Act 2 0 1 6 .
Sco ttish Min iste r s , sp e cial adv is e r s a nd th e Pe r m a n e n t Se cr e ta ry a r e co v e r e d by th e te r m s of th e Lobby in g (Sco tla nd) Act 2 0 1 6 .
Medicines Costs in Scotland. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.hfma.org.uk/docs/default-source/publications/Briefings/medicines-costs-in-scotland.pdf?
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Publications/2019-07-23/2019-07-23-Dispenser-Payments-and-Prescription-Cost-Analysis-Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Publications/2019-07-23/2019-07-23-Dispenser-Payments-and-Prescription-Cost-Analysis-Report.pdf</a> This can happen when new treatments enter the market and their uptake increases and may replace older medicines.