Evenity recommended by NICE for severe osteoporosis after menopause with high risk of fracture

1 April 2022

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended Evenity (romosozumab) for use by the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales for severe osteoporosis in people after menopause at high risk of fracture.

This recommendation makes the UCB (Euronext: UCB) and Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) drug the first treatment for severe osteoporosis to be made available to eligible patients since 2010, and could prevent multiple hospital visits due to repeat fractures for people at high risk of fracture.

"This group of patients at very high risk of fracture who previously had limited treatment options, will soon be offered this alternative anti-osteoporosis medicine as a first-line treatment"Osteoporosis affects almost four million people in the UK and leads to approximately 520,000 fragility fractures each year, one of the highest fracture rates in Europe.

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