New Amgen information prompts NICE U-turn on Imlygic

9 August 2016

The UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has gone back on its initial view after publishing final draft guidance which recommends talimogene laherparepvec for advanced melanoma that has spread and cannot be surgically removed.

In March, the drugs cost-effectiveness watchdog for England and Wales issued draft guidance recommending not using the treatment, which is marketed by US biotech major Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) under the Imlygic trade name.

A NICE committee concluded at that point that there was not enough evidence to be able to say whether talimogene laherparepvec was as clinically effective as other drugs used to treat advanced melanoma.

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