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E-cigarettes could be available on the NHS by the end of the year with at least two companies ? one a subsidiary of British American Tobacco ? having already embarked on the process of obtaining licences from the medicines regulator.
The UK company Nicolites said its application was "well-advanced" while BAT's Nicoventures has also started the process, although decisions on whether their products are prescribed on the NHS will be made by local commissioning groups.
The status of "medicines" will give the companies commercial advantage and allow the e-cigarette makers to market their product internationally, including in sponsorship deals, a move that will be banned for competitors not in the same bracket.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/02/e-cigarettes-medicines-nhs
The UK company Nicolites said its application was "well-advanced" while BAT's Nicoventures has also started the process, although decisions on whether their products are prescribed on the NHS will be made by local commissioning groups.
The status of "medicines" will give the companies commercial advantage and allow the e-cigarette makers to market their product internationally, including in sponsorship deals, a move that will be banned for competitors not in the same bracket.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/02/e-cigarettes-medicines-nhs