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Eisai hit with Cancer Drugs Fund 'double Whammy'

 
• By Francesca Bruce

Eisai has managed to ensure patients in England get access to its end-of-life breast cancer drug Halaven (eribulin), but at a big cost to the company that will have a "direct impact on its activity in the UK". The firm also complained it had been hit with a "double whammy" from the Cancer Drugs Fund after it said it wouldn't be assessing Lenvima (lenvatinib) for thyroid cancer.

Eisai has managed to ensure patients in England get access to its end-of-life breast cancer drug Halaven (eribulin), but at a big cost to the company that will have a "direct impact on its activity in the UK". The firm also complained it had been hit with a "double whammy" from the Cancer Drugs Fund after it said it wouldn't be assessing Lenvima (lenvatinib) for thyroid cancer.

Nick Burgin, president of Eisai's global value & access unit, declined to give further detail on the agreement it had...

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