nice no longer recommends omalizumab for asthma .
TRANSCRIPT
PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 667 - 24 Nov 2012
NICE no longer recommendsomalizumab for asthma . . .
In a recent draft guidance, the UK NICE no longerrecommends the use of omalizumab [Xolair] in adultswith severe, persistent allergic asthma, reversing their2007 guidance after reviewing newly availableevidence.1 NICE Chief Executive, Sir Andrew Dillon, says"it is not as clinically or cost-effective as first thought".Their recommendation of not using omalizumab inchildren is unchanged.
The updated cost-effectiveness analysis included newmortality data and changes in cost effectiveness of thetreatment because of changes in the dosing schedule foromalizumab but did not include potential benefits onhealth-related QOL, which were deemed by NICE asinsufficient to alter their conclusions. NICE had alsoattempted to identify the patient population with verysevere persistent asthma for whom omalizumab may bea cost effective treatment, but were unsuccessful. Thenext step is for the manufacturer to respond to the draftguidance.
. . . and rejects vinflunine for bladder cancerMeanwhile, final draft guidance has been issued by
NICE not recommending vinflunine [Javlor] for thetreatment of advanced or metastatic transitional cellcarcinoma of the urothelial tract that has progressedafter platinum-based chemotherapy.2 Despite an appealfrom the manufacturer (Pierre Fabre) against the first‘final appraisal determination’, the manufacturer’sevidence of the effectiveness of vinflunine wasconsidered inconclusive by NICE, "particularly theextent to which it can prolong survival compared withbest supportive care".1. NICE. NICE consults on treatment for asthma in children and adults. Media
Release : 8 Nov 2012. Available from: URL: http://www.nice.org.uk.2. NICE. NICE issues further draft guidance on treatment for bladder cancer.
Media Release : 8 Nov 2012. Available from: URL: http://www.nice.org.uk.801085622
1
PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 24 Nov 2012 No. 6671173-5503/10/0667-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved