Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of oveporexton within its marketing authorisation for treating type 1 narcolepsy.

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:
6622

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting: 1:
09 February 2027
Expected publication:
14 April 2027

Project Team

Project lead
Leena Issa

Email enquiries

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


External Assessment Group:
Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Takeda (oveporexton)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Asthma & Lung UK
 
Blood Pressure UK
 
Brain and Spine Foundation
 
Brain Charity
 
Cardiovascular Care Partnership
 
Circulation Foundation
 
Different Strokes
 
Genetic Alliance UK
 
HEART UK
 
Hope2Sleep
 
Narcolepsy UK
 
Neurological Alliance
 
Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK
 
Pumping Marvellous Foundation
 
Sleep Apnoea Trust
 
South Asian Health Foundation
 
Specialised Healthcare Alliance
 
Stroke Association
 
The Sleep Charity
Professional groups
Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology
 
Association of British Neurologists
 
Association of Respiratory Nurses
 
British & Irish Hypertension Society
 
British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians
 
British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care
 
British Cardiovascular Society
 
British Geriatrics Society
 
British Heart Foundation
 
British Neuropathological Society
 
British Sleep Society
 
British Society for Heart Failure
 
British Thoracic Society
 
Interstitial Lung Diseases Interdisciplinary Network
 
National Heart and Lung Institute
 
National Neurosciences Advisory Group
 
OSA Alliance
 
Primary Care and Community Neurology Society
 
Primary Care Cardiovascular 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
 
Society for Cardiological Science and Technology
 
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
Associated public health groups
Public Health Wales
 
UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies
ADVANZ Pharma (fluoxetine, venlafaxine)
 
AS Kalceks (sodium oxybate)
 
Aspire Pharma (venlafaxine)
 
Atnahs Pharma (solriamfetol)
 
Aurobindo Pharma (fluoxetine, modafinil, venlafaxine)
 
Bioprojet (pitolisant)
 
Brown & Burk (dexamfetamine, fluoxetine)
 
Cipla (fluoxetine)
 
Dexcel Pharma (venlafaxine)
 
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (fluoxetine)
 
Exeltis (methylphenidate)
 
Flamingo Pharma (fluoxetine)
 
Flynn Pharma (methylphenidate)
 
Genus Pharmaceuticals (venlafaxine)
 
InfectoPharm (methylphenidate)
 
Janssen-Cilag (methylphenidate)
 
Krka (venlafaxine)
 
Laboratorios Liconsa (methylphenidate)
 
Martindale Pharma (methylphenidate, venlafaxine)
 
Medice (dexamfetamine, methylphenidate)
 
Morningside Healthcare (fluoxetine, venlafaxine)
 
Neuraxpharm (fluoxetine, methylphenidate)
 
Pinewood Healthcare (fluoxetine)
 
Reig Jofre (sodium oxybate)
 
Rosemont Pharmaceuticals (dexamfetamine, fluoxetine, venlafaxine)
 
Sandoz (methylphenidate)
 
Sovereign Medical (dexamfetamine, venlafaxine)
 
Strides Pharma (fluoxetine, methylphenidate)
 
Sun Pharmaceuticals (venlafaxine)
 
SyriMed (fluoxetine)
 
Takeda (lisdexamfetamine, methylphenidate)
 
Teva Pharma (modafinil)
 
UCB Pharma (sodium oxybate)
 
Viatris (clomipramine, methylphenidate, venlafaxine)
 
Zentiva (methylphenidate)
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
 
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
 
British Association for Lung Research
 
British Society for Cardiovascular Research
 
Cochrane Airways Group
 
Cochrane Heart, Stroke and Circulation
 
Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis and Rare Diseases of the Central Nervous System Group
 
European Council for Cardiovascular Research
 
Genomics England
 
Heart Research UK
 
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
 
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
 
National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
 
National Institute for Health & Care Research

Related links

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
07 July 2026 Invitation to participate
22 April 2026 - 21 May 2026 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators
22 April 2026 In progress. Scoping commenced.
18 August 2025 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected

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