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Analysis has examined the effects of depoliticisation tactics on the public, but not how those tactics are sustained during moments of political tension. Drawing on policy networks and agencification literatures, this article examines how these tactics are resilient against pressure for politicisation. Using an in-depth case study of the controversial appraisal of cancer drug Herceptin in 2005\/6 by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the article examines how \u2018resilient\u2019 NICE was to external politicisation. It is argued that NICE was resilient because it was effectively \u2018insulated\u2019 by formal procedures and informal norms of deference to scientific expertise. This mechanism is termed \u2018institutional double glazing\u2019. 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