NICE U-turn as draft guidance recommends Perjeta for new breast cancer indication

18 February 2019

Going back on a negative decision and after an improved price offer from the company, the UK’s medicines cost-effectiveness watchdog has now backed Perjeta (pertuzumab) for National Health Service use in England.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published final draft guidance recommending Swiss pharma giant Roche’s (ROG: SIX) Perjeta for treating early HER2-positive breast cancer in people whose disease has spread to their lymph nodes.

This positive recommendation is for people who have had surgery for their breast cancer and whose cancer has already spread to their lymph nodes. The estimated 2,700 people in this subgroup have a higher risk of their cancer returning.

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