NICE Clears Verzenios For Breast Cancer After Lilly Offers UK Discount
Executive Summary
Verzenios, Lilly’s new drug for metastatic breast cancer, has been OKd by NICE for use on the national health service in England and Wales. In terms of gaining market share it is some way behind two other competitor drugs, Pfizer’s Ibrance and Novartis’s Kisqali, but it has some clinical advantages that could allow it to gain uptake.
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