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    2 Information about apalutamide

    Marketing authorisation indication

    2.1 Apalutamide (Erleada, Janssen) is indicated:

    • 'in adult men for the treatment of non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in adults who are at high risk of developing metastatic disease

    • in adult men for the treatment of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer in combination with androgen deprivation therapy'.

    Price

    2.3 The price for apalutamide is £2,735 per pack of 112 tablets, each containing 60 mg of the active ingredient (excluding VAT; BNF online, March 2021). The company has a commercial arrangement, which would have applied if the technology had been recommended.