Following a limited submission
AWMSG advice |
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Status: Recommended | |||
Evolocumab (Repatha®) is recommended as an option for use within NHS Wales for the treatment of adults and adolescents aged 12 years and over with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in combination with other lipid-lowering therapies. This recommendation applies only in circumstances where the approved Patient Access Scheme (PAS) is utilised or where the list/contract price is equivalent or lower than the PAS price. |
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Medicine details |
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Medicine name | evolocumab (Repatha®) | ||
Formulation | 140 mg/ml solution for injection | ||
Reference number | 2866 | ||
Indication | Treatment of adults and adolescents aged 12 years and over with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in combination with other lipid-lowering therapies |
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Company | Amgen Ltd | ||
BNF chapter | Cardiovascular system | ||
Submission type | Limited | ||
Status | Recommended | ||
Advice number | 1616 | ||
NMG meeting date | 11/05/2016 | ||
AWMSG meeting date | 15/06/2016 | ||
Ratification by Welsh Government | 26/07/2016 | ||
Date of issue | 27/07/2016 | ||
Date of last review | 01/07/2019 | ||
Commercial arrangement | PAS |