NICE seeks more information on Gilead’s Zydelig for adults with leukemia

18 June 2015

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the medicines watchdog for England and Wales, has opened a consultation on preliminary draft guidance for US biotech giant Gilead Sciences’ (Nasdaq: GILD) Zydelig (idelalisib) for adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The NICE has asked for further information from the company to make a final decision on the use of idelalisib in combination with the drug rituximab for adults with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia whose disease is resistant to other treatments when it is not considered appropriate to treat again with previous therapies.

The decision is in contrast to the Scottish Medicines Consortium, which recently approved Zydelig for adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia in combination with rituximab (The Pharma Letter March 9).

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