Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of remibrutinib within its marketing authorisation for treating chronic spontaneous urticaria that is inadequately controlled by H1-antihistamines.

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
Process:
STA Standard
ID number:
6356

Project Team

Project lead
Jeremy Powell

Email enquiries

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

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Novartis Pharmaceuticals (remibrutinib)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Allergy UK
 
South Asian Health Foundation
 
Specialised Healthcare Alliance
Professional groups
British Association of Dermatologists
 
British Dermatological Nursing Group
 
British Geriatrics Society
 
British Skin Foundation
 
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology
 
British Society for Cutaneous Allergy
 
British Society for Immunology
 
Primary Care Dermatology Society
 
Royal College of General Practitioners
 
Royal College of Nursing
 
Royal College of Pathologists
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
 
Royal Society of Medicine
 
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
Associated public health groups
Public Health Wales
 
UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies
Celltrion Healthcare UK (omalizumab)
 
Cipla EU (cetirizine hydrochloride, fexofenadine hydrochloride, methotrexate)
 
Chiesi (tacrolimus)
 
Dexcel Pharma (ciclosporin)
 
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (cetirizine hydrochloride, fexofenadine hydrochloride, montelukast)
 
Flamingo Pharma UK (cetirizine hydrochloride, loratadine)
 
Haleon UK trading (cetirizine hydrochloride, fexofenadine hydrochloride)
 
Hospira (methotrexate)
 
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (desloratadine, levocetirizine dihydrochloride, montelukast)
 
Krka (desloratadine, montelukast)
 
Leo Laboratories (tacrolimus)
 
McNeil products (acrivastine, cetirizine hydrochloride)
 
Medac Pharma (methotrexate)
 
Medley Pharma (cimetidine)
 
Morningside Healthcare (methotrexate)
 
Mylan (ciclosporin, desloratadine, nizatidine)
 
Nordic Pharma (methotrexate)
 
Novartis Pharmaceuticals (ciclosporin, omalizumab)
 
Novumgen (levocetirizine dihydrochloride)
 
Opella Healthcare (fexofenadine hydrochloride)
 
Organon Pharma (desloratadine, montelukast)
 
Orion Pharma (methotrexate)
 
Pinewood Healthcare (cetirizine hydrochloride, loratadine)
 
Ranbaxy (UK) a Sun Pharmaceutical Company (ciclosporin, loratadine, montelukast)
 
Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (ranitidine)
 
Rivopharm (desloratadine, montelukast)
 
Roche Products (mycophenolate mofetil)
 
Rosemont Pharmaceuticals (cimetidine, methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil)
 
Sandoz (methotrexate, montelukast, tacrolimus)
 
Santen (ciclosporin)
 
Sigma Pharmaceuticals PLC (cetirizine hydrochloride)
 
Teva Pharma B.V. (mycophenolate mofetil)
 
Tillomed Laboratories (mycophenolate mofetil)
 
UCB pharma (cetirizine hydrochloride, levocetirizine dihydrochloride)
 
Wockhardt (cetirizine hydrochloride)
 
Zentiva (fexofenadine hydrochloride)
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 Group
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
British Skin Foundation
 
Cochrane Skin Group
 
Genomics England
 
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
 
National Institute for Health Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
02 October 2025 Invitation to participate
07 July 2025 - 04 August 2025 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6356
07 July 2025 In progress. Scoping commenced.
13 September 2023 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected

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