الخميس, 24 أيار 2012 3. رجب 1433
The National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence issued draft guidance
Wednesday recommending against NHS reimbursement of GlaxoSmithKline's Tyverb (lapatinib), in combination with Roche's Xeloda (capecitabine), as a treatment for advanced breast cancer.
NICE chief executive Andrew Dillon said that "evidence suggests [Tyverb] only extends life by a small amount of time…and costs thousands of pounds more than" Xeloda alone. The guidance follows NICE's rejection of the drug last year and comes after GlaxoSmithKline offered to supply Tyverb at no cost for the first 12 weeks of treatment.
GlaxoSmithKline's UK general manager, Simon Jose, said that the company would "continue to offer the patient access programme to the NHS despite this ruling."