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electroCore, Inc. Announces Publication of a Voluntary ex-ante Transparency Tender Notice Award by NHS England to Fund Continued Use of gammaCore™ in England
Reimbursement for gammaCore™ in England BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Aug. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- electroCore, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECOR), a commercial-stage
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[{"type":"text","content":"Reimbursement for gammaCore™ in England\nBASKING RIDGE, N.J., Aug. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- electroCore, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECOR), a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company, today announced that the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) has published a Voluntary ex-ante Transparency Tender Notice on behalf of NHS England, citing electroCore as the sole supplier of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy to patients within NHS England. The award will provide further funding for the continued use of gammaCore for the treatment of cluster headache for patients who respond to the therapy. The proposed contract will run for 6 months from October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. The proposed contract includes the option to extend for up to 3 years beyond March 31, 2020. The award notice can be found here.\n “gammaCore is rapidly becoming an established treatment option for clinicians and patients managing cluster headache in England. This continuation of funding shows a real commitment from NHS England to provide cost-effective and clinically beneficial innovations to patients who need them the most,” said Iain Strickland, VP of European Operations, electroCore, Inc. “Importantly, gammaCore remains the only medical technology recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for use in patients with cluster headaches, fulfilling an important unmet need.” In 2019, NICE published an evidence-based Medical Technology Guidance document recommending the use of gammaCore for cluster headache within NHS England. About gammaCore™ gammaCore™ (nVNS) is the first non-invasive, hand-held medical therapy applied at the neck as an adjunctive therapy to treat migraine and cluster headache through the utilization of a mild electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve that passes through the skin. Designed as a portable, easy-to-use technology, gammaCore can be self-administered by patients, as needed, without the potential side effects associated with commonly prescribed drugs. When placed on a patient’s neck over the vagus nerve, gammaCore stimulates the nerve’s afferent fibers, which may lead to a reduction of pain in patients. gammaCore is FDA cleared in the United States for adjunctive use for the preventive treatment of cluster headache in adult patients, the acute treatment of pain associated with episodic c...