Status In progress
Technology type Medicine
Decision Selected
Reason for decision Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in use addressed, and help them make the best use of NHS resources
Further information Topic in appraisal
Process STA Standard
ID number 6325

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting: 1 01 July 2025
Expected publication 05 November 2025

Project Team

Project lead Jeremy Powell

Email enquiries

External Assessment Group Warwick Evidence, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors Gilead Sciences Ltd (brexucabtagene autoleucel)
Others Department of Health and Social Care
  NHS England
Patient carer groups African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust
  Anthony Nolan
  Black Health Agency for Equality
  Blood Cancer UK
  Cancer Black Care
  Cancer Equality
  Cancer52
  Independent Cancer Patients Voice
  Kevin Karawa Leukaemia Trust
  Leukaemia Cancer Society
  Leukaemia Care
  Leukaemia UK
  Lymphoma Action
  Macmillan Cancer Support
  Maggie’s Centres
  Marie Curie
  South Asian Health Foundation
  Specialised Healthcare Alliance
  Tenovus Cancer Care
  WMUK
Professional groups Association of Cancer Physicians
  British Geriatrics Society
  British Institute of Radiology
  British Oncology Pharmacy Association
  British Psychosocial Oncology Society
  British Society for Haematology
  British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  British Society of Interventional Radiology
  British Transplantation Society
  Cancer Research UK
  NHS Blood and Transplant
  Royal College of General Practitioners
  Royal College of Nursing
  Royal College of Pathologists
  Royal College of Physicians
  Royal College of Radiologists
  Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  Royal Society of Medicine
  Society and College of Radiographers
  UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
  UK Cutaneous Lymphoma Group
  UK Oncology Nursing Society
Associated public health groups Public Health Wales
  UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies Baxter Healthcare (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin)
  BeiGene UK (zanubrutinib)
  Celltrion Healthcare UK (rituximab)
  Dr Reddy’s Laboratories UK (bendamustine)
  Hospira UK (cytarabine, vincristine)
  Jazz Pharmaceuticals UK (cytarabine)
  Medac GmbH (doxorubicin)
  Pfizer (rituximab, doxorubicin)
  Roche (rituximab)
  Sandoz (rituximab, cyclophosphamide)
  Seacross Pharmaceuticals (bendamustine, doxorubicin)
  Zentiva (bendamustine)
General commentators All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
  Allied Health Professionals Federation
  Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
  British National Formulary
  Care Quality Commission
  Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
  Department of Health - Northern Ireland
  Healthcare Improvement Scotland
  Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  National Association of Primary Care
  National Pharmacy Association
  NHS Confederation
  Scottish Medicines Consortium
  Welsh Government
  Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee
Relevant research groups Cochrane Haematology Group
  Genomics England
  Institute of Cancer Research
  Leukaemia Busters
  Lymphoma Research Trust
  MRC Clinical Trials Unit
  National Institute for Health Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
06 December 2024 Invitation to participate
30 September 2024 - 28 October 2024 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators
16 May 2024 In progress

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