NICE has recommended moving Novartis’ Kisqali (ribociclib) from interim funding arrangements to regular NHS reimbursement for certain previously treated breast cancer patients.
It’s back to the drawing board for bluebird bio and its discussions with NICE, which has rejected its beta thalassaemia gene therapy Zynteglo for regular NHS use in first draft guidance.
NICE has backed regular NHS funding England and Wales for Merck, Sharp and Dohme’s Keytruda in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy in certain lung cancer patients.
NICE has recommended regular NHS funding for Novartis’ long-acting eye drug Beovu (brolucizumab) in England and Wales - but a patient group warned that access could be limited until the pan
NHS patients in England with newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma can be treated with Celgene’s Revlimid as maintenance therapy after a stem cell transplant, after new guidance from NICE.
As the largest single-payer healthcare system in Europe, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has a uniquely beneficial health data and real-world evidence (RWE) environment.