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bevacizumab (Avastin®)

 

Following non-submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)

In the absence of a submission from the holder of the marketing authorisation, bevacizumab (Avastin®) cannot be endorsed for use within NHS Wales in combination with paclitaxel, topotecan, or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin for the treatment of adult patients with platinum-resistant recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who received no more than two prior chemotherapy regimens and who have not received prior therapy with bevacizumab or other VEGF inhibitors or VEGF receptor–targeted agents.

 Statement of Advice (SOA): bevacizumab (Avastin) 1824 (PDF, 188Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name bevacizumab (Avastin®)
Formulation 25 mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion
Reference number 1824
Indication

For use in combination with paclitaxel, topotecan, or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin for the treatment of adult patients with platinum-resistant recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who received no more than two prior chemotherapy regimens and who have not received prior therapy with bevacizumab or other VEGF inhibitors or VEGF receptor–targeted agents.

Company Roche Products Ltd
BNF chapter Malignant disease & immunosuppression
Assessment type Non-submission
Status Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)
Date of issue 31/10/2014
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