updated NTAG work plan - Northern Treatment Advisory Group

Northern (NHS) Treatment Advisory Group
Current Work plan
Drug
Cost per
patient per
annum
Details
Provisional
Meeting
Date
Aripiprazole –
new depot inj
formulation
£5946
Decision deferred until a
pathway/protocol for use
is received from mental
health trusts. To be
reviewed alongside
paliperidone.
Protocol to
come to
Not known but
high cost. PbR
excluded
Not known but
high cost. PbR
excluded
Not known but
high cost. PbR
excluded
High cost. PbR
excluded.
200-mg prefilled
syringe = £357.50
High cost. PbR
excluded.
200-mg prefilled
syringe = £357.50.
Not yet licensed
June 15
meeting
Not yet licensed
June 15
meeting
Not yet licensed.
EMA declined licensing
for RA
No NICE TA expected
Await
licensing
No NICE TA expected
September
15 meeting
High cost. PbR
excluded.
Unlicensed indication.
Approved in NoT but no
policy elsewhere.
From previous NETAG
work plan
NICE medical technology
available now.
February 15
Secukinumab for
psoriasis
Apremilast for
psoriasis
Tofacitinib for
psoriasis
Certolizumab –
active psoriatic
arthritis
Certolizumab severe axial
spondyloarthritis
both ankylosing
spondylitis (AS)
and axial
spondyloarthritis
without
radiographic
evidence of AS
Rituximab for
thrombocytopeni
a purpura
Exogen®
ultrasound
device for bone
fractures
EXOGEN 4000+
device is £4647
per patient
http://www.nice.org.uk/gui
dance/mtg12/resources/g
uidance-exogenultrasound-bone-healingsystem-for-long-bone-
February15
meeting
September
15 meeting
February 15?
fractures-with-nonunionor-delayed-healing-pdf
Sequential
biologics in the
management of
psoriatic arthritis
Avastin for the
treatment of RVO
PbR excluded and
High cost
Identified through IFR
process
June 15
meeting
PbR excluded
Identified by public
health. Potential cost
savings.
On hold
Use of
biosimilars
Depends on
individual product
but may be high
cost
£272 for £28 day’s
treatment. £3536
per patient per
annum. May fit
criteria depending
on patient
numbers
The rental cost of
Airsonett to the
NHS is £174
(excluding VAT)
per month i.e.
£2088 per annum.
£90.72 at 28
tablets. Flat
pricing. Max dose
of 148mg od would
cost £2358.72 per
patient per annum
max.
Put forward by CCGs
Await
licensing
among them in a patient
with an atypical fracture
on bisphosphonates
www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyi
nformation/DrugSafetyUp
date/CON120213
November 15
From previous NETAG
work plan.
February 15
Teriparatide in
odd indications
for osteoporosis-
Protexo®
temperaturecontrolled
laminar airflow
device for
asthma
Lurasidone
NICE technology
evaluation available.
May fit criteria depending
on patient numbers. Also
as mental health work
across CCGs may be
better to have a NE&C
decision. Check with
mental health
February 15?
Removed from work plan
Rifaximin (550mg
TDS for 14 days) for
IBD (concerns re: C
Diff).
NTAG
November 14
£259.23 for 56 tablets. NB doesn’t fit NTAG criteria for review.
Put forward by CCGs