NICE, the HTA body for England and Wales, has made a final appraisal determination recommending Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s FXR agonist Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) for routine use on the National Health Service (NHS) for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).
However, the company's key commercial success lays in securing approval for the product in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a much larger...