Status:
In progress
Technology type:
Medicine
Decision:
Selected
Prioritisation programme:
Medicines evaluation
Rationale:

Review of TA879.

Process:
STA Standard
ID number:
6680

Provisional Schedule

Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators:
19 February 2026 - 16 March 2026

Project Team

Project lead
Leena Issa

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email TACommC@nice.org.uk

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Daiichi Sankyo (trastuzumab deruxtecan)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Black Health Agency for Equality
 
Cancer Black Care
 
Cancer 52
 
GIST Cancer UK
 
GUTS UK
 
Heartburn Cancer UK
 
Helen Rollason Cancer Charity
 
Independent Cancer Patients Voice
 
Macmillan Cancer Support
 
Maggie’s Centres
 
Marie Curie
 
Ochre
 
OG Support
 
OPA Cancer Charity Oesophageal and Gastric Support
 
PAWS GIST Clinic
 
South Asian Health Foundation
 
Specialised Healthcare Alliance
 
Tenovus Cancer Care
Professional groups
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
 
Association of Cancer Physicians
 
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
 
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
 
BASO ~ The Association for Cancer Surgery
 
British Geriatrics Society
 
British Institute of Radiology
 
British Oncology Pharmacy Association
 
British Psychosocial Oncology Society
 
British Society of Gastroenterology
 
Cancer Research UK
 
Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology
 
Royal College of Anaesthetists
 
Royal College of General Practitioners
 
Royal College of Nursing
 
Royal College of Pathologists
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal College of Radiologists
 
Royal College of Surgeons of England
 
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
 
Royal Society of Medicine
 
Society and College of Radiographers
 
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
 
UK Oncology Nursing Society
Associated public health groups
Public Health Wales
 
UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies
Amarox (irinotecan)
 
Bristol Myers Squibb (paclitaxel)
 
Genus Pharmaceuticals (paclitaxel)
 
Hospira (docetaxel, irinotecan, paclitaxel)
 
Medac pharma (irinotecan)
 
Pfizer (irinotecan)
 
Seacross Pharmaceuticals (docetaxel, irinotecan, paclitaxel)
 
Servier Laboratories (irinotecan, trifluridine–tipiracil)
 
Sun Pharma (irinotecan)
 
Teva UK (paclitaxel)
General commentators
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
Allied Health Professionals Federation
 
Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
 
British National Formulary
 
Care Quality Commission
 
Department of Health - Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
 
National Association of Primary Care
 
National Pharmacy Association
 
NHS Confederation
 
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
Genomics England
 
Institute of Cancer Research
 
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
 
National Institute for Health Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
16 February 2026 Awaiting development. Status change linked to topic prioritisation decision being set to Selected
16 February 2026 In progress. Draft scope consultation issued.

For further information on our processes and methods, please see our CHTE processes and methods manual