Outcomes from the November 2016 PTAC meeting

PHARMAC

13 February 2017 - PHARMAC has published the minutes from the 3-4 November meeting.

The PTAC recommended:

  • Adalimumab (Humira) for hidradenitis suppurativa be listed with a low priority
  • Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for use as monotherapy be funded with low priority for the second or third-line treatment of locally advanced, or metastatic, unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer expressing PD-L1 at a level of equal or greater than 1%.

Read PHARMAC minutes


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