Ipsen Promotes UK Business; Kidney Cancer Drug Gets NICE Nod

Ipsen's VP of commercial operations for the UK and Ireland outlines how the French company will use managed access programs to get drugs reimbursed on the NHS and describes Ipsen's plans for growth and greater investment in the UK, despite Brexit uncertainties.

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Ipsen plans to nurture growth and invest more in the UK • Source: Shutterstock

Ipsen is increasing its investment in the UK as a key market, despite continued qualms around the region's relationship with Europe and access to the single market, said Ewan McDowall, Ipsen UK and Ireland's vice-president of commercial operations.

The French specialty biopharma is also celebrating the introduction of its kidney cancer therapy Cabometyx (cabozantinib) onto the National Health Service in England and Wales – a drug around 300...

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