The public body has recommended in draft guidance that UCB’s Certolizumab pegol receives regular NHS funding for plaque psoriasis, although NICE decided that Almirall’s rival Tildrakizumab is not cost effective. Certolizumab pegol has been previously approved in Europe in the new indication of plaque psoriasis, thereby adding to a list of uses including rheumatoid arthritis,
NHS has three months to ensure that Novartis’ combination therapy dabrafenib/trametinib is routinely available to eligible skin cancer patients, after cost regulators published guidance backing funds for the treatment. NICE recommended the combination for use in patients with stage III BRAF V600 mutation-positive melanoma that has spread to lymph vessels, or lymph glands close to
A partnership between Greater Manchester and NICE that was created with the aim of improving the health of the local population has been extended for another three years. A Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed between NICE, Health Innovation Manchester and The University of Manchester outlining a shared commitment to boosting health through research, informing
Experts state that it is looking highly unlikely that Janssen’s Zytiga plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and prednisone/prednisolone will become routinely available on the NHS as a first-line treatment for patients with high-risk hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. NICE have published draft guidelines rejecting the therapy in this setting, after concluding that the company’s economic
NICE has recommend that three separate treatments for thyroid cancer should be made available for use on the NHS: Ipsen’s Cometriq, Bayer’s Nexavar, and Eisai’s Lenvima. The former two were previously only available via the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), and Eisai’s finally gains approval after delays of over two years. Eisai’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor was
EUSA Pharma has gained backing from NICE for its first-line treatment for advanced renal cell carcimona (RCC), Fotivda. The recommendation from the UK’s regulatory body was decided on the result of the phase III trial TiVO-1, which evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of Fotivda compared to Bayer’s Nexavar.
NICE have issued final guidelines endorsing the use of Roche’s Esbriet to treat patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in England and Wales, but only for those with moderate to severe forms of the disease. The cost regulators are sticking with its position that Esbriet should only be funded by the NHS if the person
NICE issues final green light and thus securing routine NHS funding for Roche’s Perjeta in patients with a certain type of breast cancer. The guidelines follow a confidential commercial agreement for Perjeta between NHS England and the Roche late last year, allowing for its move from the Cancer Drugs Fund to the NHS’ routine commissioning
NICE have issued updated guidelines for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, by continuing to back use of both Bayer’s Eylea and Novartis’ Lucentis. According to the guidelines issued by NICE, the intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatment should be recommended for late AMD (wet active) for eyes with visual acuity within a
NICE has supported NHS use of Janssen’s Darzalex via the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) for some adults with previously treated multiple myeloma. Darzalex is a humanised monoclonal antibody that works by binding to a signalling molecule found on the surface of multiple myeloma cells called CD38, with the aim to trigger the patient’s own immune
