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First successful legal challenge to NICE guidance
Counsel, IPM&T Group, McDermott,
Will & Emery UK LLP
Associate, IPM&T Group, McDermott,
Will & Emery UK LLP
R (on the application of Eisai Ltd) (Claimant) v National Institute For Health & Clinical Excellence; Shire Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (Interveners) (2008) EWCA Civ 438, 1 May 2008
The Court of Appeal ruled that the procedure undertaken by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) before issuing guidance on the use of certain drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) was procedurally unfair.
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