The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended a new treatment mepolizumab, in draft guidance for adults with severe asthma, reversing a negative earlier decision.
UK pharma major GlaxoSmithKline’s (LSE: GSK) Nucala (mepolizumab) is the first biologic treatment to target specific white blood cells called eosinophils, which are responsible for symptoms in thousands of asthma patients, says the cost-effectiveness watchdog for England and Wales, adding thatpeople with the most severe symptoms, including those who suffer multiple asthma attacks, will soon have access to mepolizumab as an extra treatment option.
NICE’s decision follows marketing authorisation in Europe in December 2015 and positive restricted advice by the Scottish Medicines Consortium for use within NHS Scotland in June 2016.
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