NICE positive verdict on Abraxane in pancreatic cancer

7 September 2017

UK medicines cost effectiveness watchdog the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued final technology appraisal guidance recommending the use of Abraxane (nab paclitaxel) in combination with gemcitabine, in eligible patients, for the first-line treatment of a type of metastatic pancreatic cancer, known as metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC).

According to the drug’s maker, US biotech major Celgene (Nasdaq: CELG), this decision means that no appeals have been received against the Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) and nab-paclitaxel in combination with gemcitabine is now an option for mPDAC adult patients in England via the NHS when other combination chemotherapies are unsuitable and they would otherwise have gemcitabine monotherapy.

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