NHS scraps restriction on availability of J&J's Imbruvica in leukaemia patients

06:18 EDT 10 Aug 2018 | Pharmafile

The NHS has dropped a controversial restriction preventing leukaemia patients from accessing Johnson & Johnson’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imbruvica (ibrutinib), expanding its use to cover treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphoblastic forms of the condition (CLL).

The drug was originally approved in January last year as a treatment for CLL in patients whose cancer had returned following chemotherapy, but despite a recommendation of its efficacy from NICE, NHS England reportedly skirted clinical professionals to restrict its use to only those who had relapsed in the last t

NHS scraps restriction on availability of J&J's Imbruvica in leukaemia patients

The NHS has dropped a controversial restriction preventing leukaemia patients from accessing Johnson & Johnson’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imbruvica (ibrutinib), expanding its use to cover treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphoblastic forms of the condition (CLL).

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