Kadcyla pricey: NHS

December 21, 2015

BRITISH medical scheme manager NHS England has received guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) around the use of Kadcyla (trastuzumab-emtansine). NICE has declared the HER2- positive breast cancer therapy too expensive at £90,000 per patient at its full list price for routine use on the NHS. People currently taking Kadcyla will not stop receiving it said NICE. They have the option to continue treatment until they and their doctors consider it appropriate to stop.

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Kadcyla pricey: NHS

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