UK's NICE backs GlaxoSmithKline's Votrient for the first-line treatment of advanced RCC
The UK’s drug watchdog the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued the Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) recommending drug giant GlaxoSmithKline’s (LSE: GSK) Votrient (pazopanib) as a first-line treatment option for people with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have not previously received cytokine therapy and who are of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1, on the basis that GSK provides the agreed patient access scheme.
GSK says its access scheme offers a straight discount and makes provision for a possible partial rebate to the National Health Service in the future, conditional upon the outcome of a head-to-head trial with current standard of care treatment.1
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