The National Institute for Clinical Excellence, a government body set up to study the efficacy of drugs and treatments, is currently looking at Taxol.

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She has cited the creation of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, the independent body which makes controversial decisions on which drugs to make available on the NHS, as an example.

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What schools need, he said, is something like NICE (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence), the public body that assesses medicines and medical techniques for safety, clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness.

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