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People with advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer to get life-extending treatment
30 September 2021 - Around 130 people per year with untreated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer will be eligible for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2021
Keytruda made available on the NHS for certain oesophageal cancer patients
17 September 2021 - NICE has recommended MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) combined with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of certain oesophageal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Sep 2021
NICE backs Opdivo for head and neck cancer
15 September 2021 - NICE has recommended Bristol Myers Squibb’s (BMS) immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab) for routine use on the NHS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2021
NHS lung cancer patients in England get early access to ‘breakthrough’ cancer drug
10 September 2021 - The MHRA has approved a first-of-its-kind cancer drug – capable of targeting a gene mutation that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2021
NICE draft guidance recommends apalutamide for treating prostate cancer
8 September 2021 - NICE has today published final draft guidance which now recommends apalutamide (Erleada; Janssen) plus androgen deprivation therapy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Aug 2021
NICE ‘no’ for Janssen’s Darzalex combo
27 August 2021 - NICE has published draft guidance stating that it does not recommend Janssen’s Darzalex (daratumumab) plus bortezomib, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2021
NICE publishes appraisal guidance on new medicine for patients with biliary tract cancer
25 August 2021 - Pemigatinib (Pemaryze, Incyte) has a conditional marketing authorisation for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2021
NICE publishes final guidance on the use of a topical gel for patients with a rare cancer
18 August 2021 - Chlormethine gel for is used for the treatment of patients with mycosis fungoides type cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2021
NICE draft guidance recommends abemaciclib for advanced breast cancer
12 August 2021 - NICE has today published draft guidance which recommends a twice daily pill abemaciclib (Verzenios; Eli Lilly) as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2021
Patients with rare bile duct cancer set to benefit from life extending treatment
22 July 2021 - Some people who have a rare form of bile duct cancer are set to benefit from life-extending ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2021
Ledaga recommended by NICE for rare type of lymphoma
16 July 2021 - NICE has recommended Recordati Rare Diseases and Helsinn Healthcare’s Ledaga for a type of lymphoma that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2021
NICE’s decision not to approve Zytiga ‘frustrating’, says ICR
16 July 2021 - NICE has decided not to recommend Janssen’s Zytiga after reviewing its previous decision to reject the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2021
Another month, another terminated appraisal of a cancer medicine
14 July 2021 - This time it is a medicine for adults and children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2021
Enzalutamide for men with hormone sensitive metastatic prostate cancer
7 July 2021 - NICE publishes final guidance on a new indication for Xtandi. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2021
Nivolumab for advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer after chemotherapy
7 July 2021 - Final guidance published after appeal. ...