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:
6168

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting: 1:
12 November 2025
Expected publication:
04 February 2026

Project Team

Project lead
Kate Moore

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email [email protected]


External Assessment Group:
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and Centre for Health Economics, University of York

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
AstraZeneca
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Action Bladder Cancer UK
 
Fight Bladder Cancer
Professional groups
Association of Cancer Physicians
 
British Uro-Oncology Group
 
Cancer Research UK
 
Royal College of Physicians
Comparator companies
Bristol Myers Squibb (nivolumab) – not participating
 
Hospira UK (cisplatin, gemcitabine) – not participating
 
Ranbaxy UK (Sun Pharma) (gemcitabine) – not participating
 
Sandoz (cisplatin) – not participating
 
Synchrony Pharma (CNX Therapeutics) (gemcitabine) – not participating
General commentators
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
British National Formulary
 
Department of Health – Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
 
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
Institute of Cancer Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
14 April 2025 Invitation to participate
20 February 2025 In progress. Scoping commenced.
20 January 2025 - 17 February 2025 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6168
11 August 2022 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected

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