Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of itulazax 12 standardised quality pollen from white birch (betula verrucosa) sublingual lyophilisate immunotherapy (12 SQ-Bet SLIT) within its marketing authorisation for treating moderate-to-severe allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis, or both, induced by pollen from the birch homologous group in people 5 to 17 years old.

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:
6537

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting: 1:
17 June 2026
Expected publication:
26 August 2026

Project Team

Project lead
Jeremy Powell

Email enquiries

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


External Assessment Group:
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
ALK-Abello
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Allergy UK
 
Anaphylaxis Campaign
 
Anaphylaxis UK
 
Sinus UK
 
SmellTaste
 
South Asian Health Foundation
 
Specialised Healthcare Alliance
 
The Samter’s Society
Professional groups
Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology
 
Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists
 
British Association of Dermatologists
 
British Paediatric Respiratory Society
 
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology
 
British Thoracic Society
 
ENT UK
 
National Heart and Lung Institute
 
Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group
 
Primary Care Respiratory Society UK
 
Royal College of General Practitioners
 
Royal College of Nursing
 
Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health
 
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
None
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
Asthma, Allergy and Inflammation Research Trust
 
British Association for Lung Research
 
Cochrane Airways Group
 
Cochrane Ear, Nose & Throat Disorders Group
 
David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre
 
Genomics England
 
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
 
National Institute for Health Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
04 November 2025 Invitation to participate
27 August 2025 - 24 September 2025 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6537
27 August 2025 In progress. Scoping commencing
16 April 2025 Referral
08 October 2024 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected
08 October 2024 Topic selection

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