Denmark reassesses rejection of Novartis cancer combination to include more exceptions

The Danish Medicines Council has re-evaluated a combination treatment application from Novartis that it rejected in 2018. The answer is still no, but there are now more exceptions attached.
Photo: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by albert rønning-andersson, translated by daniel pedersen

Members of the Danish Medicines Council have said no to an application from Novartis, which was hoping to see drugs Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib) approved as a as standard combination treatment for stage III melanoma with the BRAF V600 mutation, the council reports on its website.

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