NICE backs Merck & Co's Prevymis for CMV

30 May 2019

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published its Final Appraisal Document for the use of Merck & Co’s (NYSE: MRK) Prevymis (letermovir/ID1153) in preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation and disease in patients receiving an allogeneic stem cell transplant.

Prevymis, a member of a new class of drugs called non-nucleoside CMV inhibitors, is recommended by the cost watchdog for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, in adults who are seropositive for CMV.

The recommendation for the drug’s provision on the National Health Service (NHS) comes after the US pharma giant came to a commercial agreement with the NICE.

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