Negative NICE final guidance for Pierre Fabre's Javlor in bladder cancer; fast-track FAD for Eliquis

23 January 2013

In final guidance published (January 23, 2013), UK drugs watchdog the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has not recommended National Health Service use of French independent drugmaker Pierre Fabre’s Javlor (vinflunine) for the treatment of advanced or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelial tract which has progressed following prior treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapy. This confirms a previous negative draft final guidance on the drug (The Pharma Letter March 11, 2011).

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