u.k. nice recommends anticancer agent halaven® as treatment for advanced breast cancer-威尼斯人888

eisai co., ltd. (headquarters: tokyo, ceo: haruo naito, “eisai”) announced today that its in-house developed anticancer agent halaven® (eribulin mesylate, “eribulin”) has been recommended by the u.k. national institute for health and clinical excellence (nice) as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have received at least two chemotherapeutic regimens for advanced disease (prior therapy may have included an anthracycline or a taxane, and capecitabine) in nice’s final appraisal determination (fad). eribulin is the first breast cancer treatment to be recommended by nice since 2007.
following the issue of the fad by nice, eribulin will be eligible for reimbursement for this indication via the national health service in england (nhs england).

the appraisal committee considered that the models suggest eribulin offers a mean overall survival benefit of more than 3 months. according to the fad, “in light of the short life expectancy at this stage of breast cancer, the committee considered this overall survival benefit to be substantial. the committee concluded that eribulin met the end-of-life criteria objectively and robustly and that it can be considered a life-extending, end-of-life treatment.”