Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab within its marketing authorisation for neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

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:
6607

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting:
07 October 2026
Expected publication:
10 February 2027

Project Team

Project lead
Kate Moore

Email enquiries

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


External Assessment Group:
BMJ Technology Assessment Group (BMJ-TAG), BMJ

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
MSD (pembrolizumab)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Action Bladder Cancer UK
 
Black Health Agency for Equality
 
Bladder and Bowel Community
 
Bladder and Bowel UK
 
Cancer 52
 
Cancer Black Care
 
Fight Bladder Cancer
 
Independent Cancer Patients Voice
 
Macmillan Cancer Support
 
Maggie’s Centres
 
Marie Curie
 
South Asian Health Foundation
 
Specialised Healthcare Alliance
 
Tenovus Cancer Care
Professional groups
Association of Cancer Physicians
 
British Association of Urological Nurses
 
British Association of Urological Surgeons
 
British Geriatrics Society
 
British Institute of Radiology
 
British Oncology Pharmacy Association
 
British Psychosocial Oncology Society
 
British Society of Urogenital Radiology
 
British Society of Urogynaecology
 
British Uro-Oncology Group
 
Cancer Research UK
 
Royal College of General Practitioners
 
Royal College of Nursing
 
Royal College of Pathologists
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal College of Radiologists
 
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
 
Royal Society of Medicine
 
Society and College of Radiographers
 
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
 
UK Oncology Nursing Society
 
Urology Foundation
Associated public health groups
Public Health Wales
 
UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies
Astellas Pharma (enfortumab vedotin)
 
Amarox (cisplatin)
 
AstraZeneca (durvalumab)
 
Bristol Myers Squibb (nivolumab)
 
Hospira UK (cisplatin, gemcitabine)
 
Sandoz (cisplatin)
 
Sun Pharma (gemcitabine)
 
Synchrony (gemcitabine)
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 CommitteeScottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
Cochrane Urology
 
Genomics England
 
Institute of Cancer Research
 
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
 
National Institute for Health Research

Related links

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
09 March 2026 Invitation to participate
23 January 2026 - 20 February 2026 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6607
16 January 2026 Note - Note added to the project documents
07 November 2025 In progress. Please note that following on from information received from the company, the timelines for this appraisal have been revised and the appraisal is now anticipated to begin during early March 2026 when we will write to you about how you can get involved.
07 February 2025 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected

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