NICE- UK Rejects Gilead's Yescarta for Being Too Expensive
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- NICE concludes that the ICER Yescarta vs salvage CT were above £50-000 per year making it expensive for use
- NICE also added considering ultra-orphan diseases that ICER for Yescarta was over £100-000 per QALY (Quality Adjusted Life)
- Consideration of making Yescarta available via Cancer Drug Funds has also been dropped by the committee. Consultation period for draft guidance runs until 18-Sep-2018
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