Nigeria: More Than 30 Million Citizens Have Sickle Cell Anaemia, Says Sen Dantong
[Leadership] More than 30 million Nigerians are carriers of the sickle cell anaemia, Sen Gyang Dantong, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Final NICE guidance does not recommend the use of cabazitaxel for the 2nd line treatment of hormone refractory, metastatic prostate cancer
Source: NICE Area: News Final guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) does not recommend cabazitaxel in combination with prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with a docetaxel-containing regimen. #160; The appraisal committee considered the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of £87,500 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained as the starting point for its decision. The Committee further noted that there remains considerable uncertainty in the robustness of this ICER because the utility values that were used in the model were based on unpublished data from an interim analysis of a small number of patients, and the costs associated with the management of febri...