Avastin authorized for UK advanced cervical cancer patients

28 April 2015

Swiss drug major Roche’s (ROG: SIX) Avastin (bevacizumab) has been authroized in the UK in combination with standard chemotherapy for the treatment of women with advanced cervical cancer. This is the first new treatment authorized in a decade for advanced cervical cancer patients in the UK, said Roche.

Avastin, which has been aprroved for this indication by the European Commission, has been available ahead of licence to eligible patients in England via individual requests to the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) since March 2014. The decision by NHS England to add Avastin to the CDF list made England the first country in the world to offer Avastin to patients with advanced cervical cancer. Since being listed by the CDF, at least 149 individual applications have been made to access the treatment for use in advanced cervical cancer. Avastin is also indicated for the treatment of several other types of cancer, including bowel, ovarian and breast cancers.

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