AstraZeneca wants Lynparza re-classified after NICE snub

9 November 2018

Anglo-Swedish pharma major AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) is calling for a change of heart at England’s medicines cost regulator after it failed to consider its cancer drug Lynparza (olaparib) as cost-effective.

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued an appraisal consultation document for the tablet formulation of the PARP inhibitor within its market authorization, for maintenance treatment of relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

The NICE’s preliminary decision is not to recommend Lynparza in this setting after a committee did not find the tablet formulation cost-effective.

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