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gemcitabine (Gemzar®)

 

Status: Excluded due to NICE appraisal

Product meets AWMSG exclusion due to NICE appraisal TA116: Gemcitabine for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer

Medicine details

Medicine name gemcitabine (Gemzar®)
Formulation powder for solution for infusion
Reference number 156
Indication

Treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer, in combination with paclitaxel, who have relapsed following adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Prior chemotherapy should have included an anthracycline, unless contra-indicated

Company Eli Lilly & Co Ltd
BNF chapter Malignant disease & immunosuppression
Assessment type N/A
Status Excluded due to NICE appraisal
Date of issue 24/01/2007
NICE guidance

TA116: Gemcitabine for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer

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