NICE recommends new option for most dangerous skin cancer

21 January 2019
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Patients in England who have a mutation of the most serious and life-threatening type of skin cancer will now have a new treatment option.

Metastatic melanoma is responsible for the majority of skin cancer deaths, with five-year survival gradually decreasing between stages I and IV.

English patients with the BRAF V600 mutation will now have access to the combination from privately-held French drugmaker Pierre Fabre of Braftovi (encorafenib) and Mektovi (binimetinib), following a positive recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

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