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belimumab (Benlysta®)

 

Status: Medicine does not meet criteria for AWMSG assessment

Excluded from appraisal by AWMSG as meets exclusion criteria 6. See AWMSG criteria for appraising a medicine (PDF, 430Kb) for information.

Medicine details

Medicine name belimumab (Benlysta®)
Formulation 200 mg solution for injection
Reference number 1616
Indication

Add-on therapy in adult patients with active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with a high degree of disease activity (e.g positive anti-dsDNA and low complement) despite standard therapy

Company GlaxoSmithKline
BNF chapter Musculoskeletal & joint diseases
Submission type N/A
Status Medicine does not meet criteria for AWMSG assessment
Date of issue 18/10/2017
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