Following a limited submission
AWMSG advice |
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Status: Recommended | |||
Denosumab (Xgeva®) is recommended for use within NHS Wales for the treatment of adults and skeletally mature adolescents with giant cell tumour of bone that is unresectable or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity. This recommendation applies only in circumstances where the approved Patient Access Scheme is utilised. |
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Medicine details |
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Medicine name | denosumab (Xgeva®) | ||
Formulation | 120 mg solution for injection | ||
Reference number | 1870 | ||
Indication | Treatment of adults and skeletally mature adolescents with giant cell tumour of bone that is unresectable or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity |
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Company | Amgen Ltd | ||
BNF chapter | Endocrine system | ||
Submission type | Limited | ||
Status | Recommended | ||
Advice number | 3815 | ||
NMG meeting date | 07/10/2015 | ||
AWMSG meeting date | 11/11/2015 | ||
Ratification by Welsh Government | 09/12/2015 | ||
Date of issue | 10/12/2015 | ||
Date of last review | 20/03/2019 | ||
Commercial arrangement | PAS |