NICE no takes gloss off Besponsa's FDA nod

18 August 2017

Hours after US pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) announced the news of regulatory approval for its drug Besponsa (inotuzumab ozogamicin) in the USA, the company suffered a setback with its attempts to sell the drug in the UK.

Cost-effectiveness watchdog the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not recommended that funding be provided by the National Health Service (NHS) for the treatment for relapsed or refractory CD22-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).

"We strongly believe this is an important and effective medicine which should be routinely available to patients and we will be appealing this decision"

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