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cangrelor (Kengrexal®)

 

Following non-submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)

In the absence of a submission from the holder of the marketing authorisation, cangrelor (Kengrexal®) cannot be endorsed for use within NHS Wales co-administered with acetylsalicyclic acid (ASA) for the reduction of thrombotic cardiovascular events in adult patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who have not received an oral P2Y12 inhibitor prior to the PCI procedure and in whom oral therapy with P2Y12 inhibitors is not feasible or desirable.

 Statement of Advice (SOA): cangrelor (Kengrexal©) 675 (PDF, 188Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name cangrelor (Kengrexal®)
Formulation 50 mg powder for concentrate and diluent for solution for infusion
Reference number 675
Indication

Co-administered with acetylsalicyclic acid (ASA) for the reduction of thrombotic cardiovascular events in adult patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who have not received an oral P2Y12 inhibitor prior to the PCI procedure and in whom oral therapy with P2Y12 inhibitors is not feasible or desirable

Company The Medicines Company
BNF chapter Cardiovascular system
Assessment type Non-submission
Status Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)
Date of issue 15/07/2015
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