Lucentis shortcuts NICE procedure in myopic CNV

NICE, the health technology appraisal institute for England and Wales, has issued final draft guidance recommending Novartis' VEGF-A inhibitor Lucentis (ranibizumab) as a treatment for visual impairment due to choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathological myopia.

NICE, the health technology appraisal institute for England and Wales, has issued final draft guidance recommending Novartis' VEGF-A inhibitor Lucentis (ranibizumab) as a treatment for visual impairment due to choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathological myopia.

NICE recommends it should only be prescribed if it is made available to the NHS as part of a patient access scheme. Novartis has already agreed a patient access scheme...

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