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atorvastatin/ezetimibe (Atozet®)

 

Following non-submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)

In the absence of a submission from the holder of the marketing authorisation, atorvastatin/ezetimibe (Atozet®) cannot be endorsed for use within NHS Wales as adjunctive therapy to diet for use in adults with primary (heterozygous familial and non-familial) hypercholesterolaemia or mixed hyperlipidaemia where use of a combination product is appropriate in patients not appropriately controlled with a statin alone or in patients already treated with a statin and ezetimibe; and, as adjunctive therapy to diet for use in adults with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH).

 Statement of Advice (SOA): atorvastatin ezetimibe (Atozet) 2813 (PDF, 97Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name atorvastatin/ezetimibe (Atozet®)
Formulation 80 mg/10 mg film-coated tablet, 40 mg/10 mg film-coated tablet, 20 mg/10 mg film-coated tablet, 10 mg/10 mg film-coated tablet
Reference number 2813
Indication

For use in adults with primary (heterozygous familial and non-familial) hypercholesterolaemia or mixed hyperlipidaemia where use of a combination product is appropriate in patients not appropriately controlled with a statin alone or in patients already treated with a statin and ezetimibe; and, as adjunctive therapy to diet for use in adults with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH).

Company Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd
BNF chapter Cardiovascular system
Submission type Non-submission
Status Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)
Date of issue 13/10/2015
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