NICE nod for Lynparza in prostate cancer group without biomarker test

21 December 2023

Lynparza (olaparib) has been recommended for use alongside abiraterone and prednisone or prednisolone for untreated hormone-relapsed metastatic prostate cancer in UK adults who cannot or will not have chemotherapy, regardless of biomarker status.

The AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) and Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) drug has been recommended in this group in a Final Draft Guidance from the UK cost-effectiveness watchdog the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

"This is the first time that patients with this form of prostate cancer will be able to access a PARP inhibitor without the need for a specific biomarker test"Noel Clarke, professor of Urological Oncology at The Christie, and Salford Royal Hospitals, said: “Data from the PROpel Phase III trial show that olaparib in combination with abiraterone and prednisone or prednisolone provides real benefit for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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