Roche’s Tecentriq has been added to the new-look Cancer Drugs Fund for bladder cancer patients, making it the latest in a recent flurry of drugs to be put on the managed access fund.
Roche has withdrawn a cancer drug from Greece, saying that a series of government-imposed price discounts have made it impossible to market the drug there.
IQVIA’s Murray Aitken examines the potential for savings from a new wave of oncology biosimilars – but says payers have to invest in education and incentives to maximise uptake.