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:
STA Standard
ID number:
3903

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting:
19 November 2026

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
Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
 
Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Willink Unit, Genetic Medicine
 
Department of Health and Social Care
 
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
 
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
 
Health Technology Wales
 
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
 
NHS England
 
Salford Royal Hospital Mark Holland Metabolic Unit, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
 
University College London Hospital Charles Dent Metabolic Unit
 
University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust, Department of Endocrinology
Patient carer groups
Addison’s Disease Self-Help Group
 
Alex The Leukodystrophy Charity
 
Anthony Nolan
 
Beacon
 
Brain and Spine Foundation
 
Brain Charity
 
Gene People
 
Genetic Alliance UK
 
Kidney Care UK
 
Kidney Research UK
 
Metabolic Support UK
 
National Kidney Federation
 
Neurological Alliance
 
South Asian Health Foundation
 
Specialised Healthcare Alliance
 
Together For Short Lives
Professional groups
Association of British Neurologists
 
Association of Genetic Nurses & Counsellors
 
British Association of Paediatric Nephrology
 
British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons
 
British Association of Urological Nurses
 
British Geriatrics Society
 
British Inherited Metabolic Disease Group
 
British Neuropathological Society
 
British Paediatric Neurology Association
 
British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy
 
British Society for Genetic Medicine
 
British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
 
British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
 
National Metabolic Biochemistry Network
 
National Neuroscience Advisory Group
 
Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group
 
NHS Blood and Transplant
 
Primary Care and Community Neurology Society
 
Royal College of General Practitioners
 
Royal College of Nursing
 
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
 
Royal College of Pathologists
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal Society of Medicine
 
Society for Endocrinology
 
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
 
UK Kidney Association
 
UK Renal Pharmacy Group
Associated public health groups
Public Health Wales
 
UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies
None
General commentators
All Wales Inherited Metabolic Disease Service
 
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
Allied Health Professionals Federation
 
Association of Renal Industries
 
Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
 
British National Formulary
 
Care Quality Commission
 
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
 
Department of Health - Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
 
National Association of Primary Care
 
National Pharmacy Association
 
National Services Division
 
Neurological Alliance of Scotland
 
NHS Confederation
 
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Wales Neurological Alliance
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
Brain Research UK
 
Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group
 
Cochrane UK
 
Genomics England
 
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
 
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
 
National Institute for Health Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
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

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