Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of leriglitazone within its marketing authorisation for treating adrenoleukodystrophy.

Status:
In progress
Technology type:
Medicine
Decision:
Selected
Reason for decision:
Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in use addressed, and help them make the best use of NHS resources
Rationale:
The topic was considered by the Topic Selection Oversight Panel (TSOP) in September 2023. The panel concluded that the topic should be routed to the Technology Appraisal (TA) work programme. Please see project documents for further details. Following a request from the company, the timelines for the evaluation are to be confirmed.
Process:
HST Standard
ID number:
3903

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting:
19 November 2026
Expected publication:
11 April 2027

Project Team

Project lead
Thomas Feist

Email enquiries

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


External Assessment Group:
Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group, University of Liverpool

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Neuraxpharm UK
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
Health Technology Wales
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Alex The Leukodystrophy Charity
 
Metabolic Support UK
Professional groups
Association of British Neurologists
 
British Inherited Metabolic Disease Group
 
Royal College of Physicians
Associated public health groups
None
Comparator companies
None
General commentators
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
British National Formulary
 
Department of Health - Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
 
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
None

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
10 June 2026 Awaiting development. Project type change
10 June 2026 In progress. Project type change
20 May 2026 Invitation to participate
27 March 2026 - 28 April 2026 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators
31 October 2023 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected
31 October 2023 Topic selection
31 October 2023 Topic selection
31 October 2023 In progress
25 July 2023 - 22 August 2023 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional matrix of consultees and commentators: 3903
25 July 2023 In progress. Scoping commencing
03 November 2021 (14:00) Scoping workshop
09 September 2021 - 07 October 2021 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional matrix of consultees and commentators
23 September 2021 Note added to the project documents

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