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NICE rejects Scenesse as not cost effective

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Last updated:21st Dec 2017
Published:21st Dec 2017
Source: Pharmawand
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has in preliminary guidance rejected Scenesse (afamelanotide) a dissolving implant from Clinuvel Pharma, to treat erythropoietic protoporphyria, an inherited disorder affecting some 500-600 patients in England. NICE considered that the benefit of Scenesse was unclear from the evidence and that the product was not cost effective.

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