Arvinas and Pfizer win UK designation with vepdegestrant

24 August 2023

The UK Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway Steering Group has awarded an Innovation Passport to vepdegestrant, developed by US pharma giant Pizer (NYSE: PFE) and Arvinas.

Also known as ARV-471, vepdegestrant is an investigational PROTAC ER degrader. It has won this designation as a treatment for estrogen receptor (ER)+/ human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)2- locally-advanced breast cancer or metastatic breast cancer.

"The Innovation Passport designation which will allow Pfizer and Arvinas to discuss access considerations for potential future indications for vepdegestrant"The UK Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway Steering Group, which consists of The All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre, The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC).

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