The EMEA is the European equivalent of the FDA - Both approve the safety of new drugs. NICE are something very different. They are, in effect, part of the NHS and supposed to decide whether new drugs are cost effective (which is very different to whether the drugs are safe).
Because the US doesn't have country-wide governmentally controlled heathcare in the sameway, there isn't a direct equivalent of NICE. I suppose the level of health cover you have is the deciding factor, rather than a centralised government body.
US spending on healthcare (as a % of GDP) is far higher than in the UK. General opinion holds that it's far better at the high end and far worse at the low end, but it's not my chosen specialist subject.
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Date: 2008-12-07 08:34 pm (UTC)NICE are something very different. They are, in effect, part of the NHS and supposed to decide whether new drugs are cost effective (which is very different to whether the drugs are safe).
Because the US doesn't have country-wide governmentally controlled heathcare in the sameway, there isn't a direct equivalent of NICE. I suppose the level of health cover you have is the deciding factor, rather than a centralised government body.
US spending on healthcare (as a % of GDP) is far higher than in the UK. General opinion holds that it's far better at the high end and far worse at the low end, but it's not my chosen specialist subject.