Following a full submission
AWMSG advice |
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Status: Recommended | |||
Rituximab (MabThera®) solution for subcutaneous injection is recommended as an option for use within NHS Wales for the treatment of adults for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL): for the treatment of previously untreated patients with stage III-IV follicular lymphoma in combination with chemotherapy; as maintenance therapy for the treatment of follicular lymphoma patients responding to induction therapy; and for the treatment of patients with CD20-positive diffuse large B cell NHL in combination with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone) chemotherapy. This recommendation applies only in circumstances where the approved Wales Patient Access Scheme is utilised. |
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Medicine details |
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Medicine name | rituximab (MabThera®) | ||
Formulation | 1,400 mg subcutaneous injection | ||
Reference number | 1048 | ||
Indication | Treatment of adults with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: treatment of previously untreated patients with stage III-IV follicular lymphoma in combination with chemotherapy; maintenance therapy for the treatment of follicular lymphoma patients responding to induction therapy; and treatment of patients with CD20 positive diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in combination with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone) chemotherapy |
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Company | Roche Products Ltd | ||
BNF chapter | Malignant disease & immunosuppression | ||
Assessment type | Full | ||
Status | Recommended | ||
Advice number | 3414 | ||
NMG meeting date | 15/10/2014 | ||
AWMSG meeting date | 12/11/2014 | ||
Ratification by Welsh Government | 09/01/2015 | ||
Date of issue | 13/01/2015 | ||
Date of last review | 31/01/2018 | ||
Commercial arrangement | WPAS |