Scottish HTA Finally OKs Roche’s Perjeta For Metastatic Breast Cancer
Executive Summary
The Scottish health technology assessment body, the SMC, has recommended a number of products for funding under NHS Scotland: Roche’s breast cancer drug Perjeta, Pfizer’s Xeljanz for psoriatic arthritis, and two antidiabetics, MSD’s Steglatro (ertugliflozin) and Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic (semaglutide).
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