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18 Oct 2011

NICE New Draft Guidance Recommends against Ipilimumab Use

New draft guidance from the NICE recommends against the use of ipilimumab for advanced malignant melanoma in people who have received prior chemotherapy.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued new draft guidance which recommends against the use of ipilimumab (Yervoy, Bristol-Myers Squibb) for advanced malignant melanoma in people who have received prior chemotherapy.

 

The draft guidance has been issued for consultation; it has not been issued to the NHS. Until final guidance is issued, NHS bodies should make decisions locally on the funding of specific treatments. Once NICE issues its final guidance on a technology, it replaces local recommendations across the country.

 

Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive of NICE said:"In the case of ipilimumab, the data submitted by the manufacturer primarily came from a trial called the MDX010 20 trial. This did not compar

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