England’s health technology assessment (HTA) body NICE has recommended Eli Lilly and Company’s Mounjaro (tirzepatide) for National Health Service use to treat patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in 8 September draft guidance.
English Funding Nod For Lilly’s Diabetes GLP-1 Mounjaro, Roche’s Cancer MAb Columvi
Eli Lilly’s new type 2 diabetes injectable treatment Mounjaro is the latest GLP-1 to secure reimbursement in England following a positive opinion from HTA body NICE. Roche’s lymphoma drug Columvi and a new indication for UCB’s Bimzelx were also backed in recent draft guidance.

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