AstraZeneca's ovarian cancer drug gets NICE approval

27 January 2016

Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca (LSE: ANZ) on Wednesday said the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended its Lynparza (olaparib) to treat ovarian cancer.

Clinical commissioning groups, NHS England and local authorities are required to comply with this recommendation and ensure that olaparib treatment is funded and accessible within 90 days, the company said in a statement.

Greg Rossi, oncology business unit head at AstraZeneca UK, said: “AstraZeneca is delighted that NHS patients in England will soon have access to the first targeted therapy for ovarian cancer. Olaparib is a product of the British science community and it is only right that patients in this country should have the opportunity to benefit from treatment. We hope that NHS England will issue its commissioning policy as soon as possible to allow funding and rapid patient access to olaparib.”

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