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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory

New migraine drug on NHS could help thousands of patients in England

Man with head pain in bed
It is the first time Nice has recommended an oral treatment for preventing migraines. Photograph: EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images

Thousands of people in England who get migraines could benefit from a drug that has been approved on the NHS.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), the drugs regulator, said it was recommending rimegepant for preventing migraines in the approximately 145,000 adults where at least three previous preventive treatments had failed.

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