Professor Gillian Leng to retire from NICE
Professor Leng has spent more than 20 years working at NICE
-
NICE recommends treatment for people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
NICE has today (9 September 2021) published final draft guidance which recommends tofacitinib (also known as Xeljanz and made by Pfizer) as an option for treating active polyarticular juvenile arthritis and juvenile psoriatic arthritis in people 2 years and older.
-
NICE draft guidance recommends apalutamide for treating prostate cancer
NICE has today (8 September 2021) published final draft guidance which now recommends apalutamide (also called Erleada and made by Janssen) plus androgen deprivation therapy for treating prostate cancer in adults
-
NICE approves ground-breaking cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran
NICE has today (1 September 2021) issued draft final guidance recommending the novel anti-cholesterol drug inclisiran (Leqvio and made by Novartis) for people with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia who have already had a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke.
