pasireotide pamoate (Signifor®)

 

Following non-submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)

In the absence of a submission from the holder of the marketing authorisation, pasireotide (Signifor®) cannot be endorsed for use within NHS Wales for the treatment of adult patients with Cushing’s disease for whom surgery is not an option or for whom surgery has failed.

 Statement of Advice (SOA): pasireotide (Signifor) 1726 (PDF, 97Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name pasireotide pamoate (Signifor®)
Formulation 10 mg powder and solvent for suspension for injection, 20 mg powder and solvent for suspension for injection, 30 mg powder and solvent for suspension for injection, 40 mg powder and solvent for suspension for injection, 60 mg powder and solvent for suspension for injection
Reference number 1726
Indication

For the treatment of adult patients with Cushing’s disease for whom surgery is not an option or for whom surgery has failed.

Company Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd
BNF chapter Endocrine system
Assessment type Non-submission
Status Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)
Ratification by Welsh Government 08/12/2017
Date of issue 12/12/2017