Scotland First To OK Reimbursement For MSD's Welireg, But Situation In England Remains Unclear

The SMC, the Scottish health technology assessment body, has approved reimbursement for the first drug to win an innovation passport from the UK regulator.

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Scotland Beats Rest Of Europe To Reimburse MSD's Welireg • Source: Shutterstock

MSD has welcomed the first European pricing and reimbursement recommendation for its rare disease drug Welireg (belzutifan) in Scotland, but is clearly disappointed that the product will not be appraised under NICE’s highly specialized technologies process in England.

Soctland’s health technology appraisal body, the SMC, has okayed Welireg for use on the National Health Service for adult patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease who need treatment for VHL associated renal cell carcinoma, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, or

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