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Last October, the three parties finally reached an agreement for access to Vertex’s other cystic fibrosis drugs Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor), Symkevi (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) and Kalydeco (ivacaftor). ... It’s also great news that more mutations have
The American pharma giant reached an agreement with the English regulatory bodies in October, for access to Orkambi and Vertex’s other CF treatments Symkevi (tezacaftor-ivacaftor) and Kalydeco (ivacaftor).
Deal also includes Vertex’s other licensed cystic fibrosis medicines
and Symkevi/Symdeko (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) – which can treat around half of patients.
Scotland to access Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and Symkevi (tezacaftor/ivacaftor).
Another rejection over cost-effectiveness. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has not recommended Vertex’s cystic fibrosis drugs Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and Symkevi (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) for routine NHS use in Scotland.
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of CF patients and now Symkevi (ivacaftor and tezacaftor). This is effective for people who have two copies of the F508del mutation plus those with one of 14 other mutations.
It refuses to file Symkevi with NICE, stating that it will only submit its data if NICE updates its appraisal process. ... December 2018: Scottish Government agrees a deal with Vertex pending submission of Orkambi and Symkevi to Scottish Medicines
price of its existing CF treatments Kalydeco and Orkambi, as well as new combination Symkevi and any subsequent products.
The US company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a pioneer of groundbreaking ‘precision medicine’ drugs against cystic fibrosis Kalydeco (launched in 2012) and Orkambi (2015) and now Symkevi (2018). ... The hope is that both sides can come to a
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