Camzyos recommended for NHS use in heart condition

6 September 2023

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published Final Guidance on a new medicine for the treatment of the most common inherited heart condition in England and Wales.

Mavacamten—branded by US pharma major Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) as Camzyos—will now be available on the National Health Service (NHS) as a treatment option for symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM).

The final guidance recommends this product in eligible patients as an add-on to individually optimised standard care, including beta-blockers, non-dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers or disopyramide, unless these are contraindicated.

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