Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of delgocitinib within its marketing authorisation for treating moderate to severe chronic hand eczema.

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:
6408

Provisional Schedule

Expected publication:
01 October 2025

Project Team

Project lead
Thomas Feist

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email [email protected]


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

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Leo Pharma
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
Health Technology Wales (HTW)
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
National Eczema Society
Professional groups
British Association of Dermatologists
 
Royal College of Physicians
Comparator companies
AAH Pharmaceuticals (alitretinoin, tacrolimus) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Accord UK (tacrolimus) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Advanz Pharma (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Aspen (azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Cipla UK (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
 
Dexcel Pharma (ciclosporin) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Ennogen Healthcare (alitretinoin) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Hospira (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Leo Pharma (tacrolimus) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Medac (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Medihealth (tacrolimus) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Morningside Healthcare (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Mylan (azathioprine; ciclosporin, (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)mycophenolate mofetil), Nordic Pharma (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
 
Nova (azathioprine; mycophenolate mofetil) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Novartis (ciclosporin) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Orion Pharma (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Rosemont Pharmaceuticals (methotrexate) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
 
Sandoz (methotrexate,) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Santen UK (ciclosporin) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Strides Pharma (azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
 
Teva UK (tacrolimus) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
 
Tillomed Laboratories (azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating), Viatris (pimecrolimus) (confidentiality agreement not signed, not participating)
 
Stiefel Laboratories (alitretinoin) (confidentiality agreement signed, 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

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
06 August 2025 Committee meeting: 2
08 July 2025 - 28 July 2025 Draft guidance
04 June 2025 Committee meeting: 1
04 June 2025 Declaration of interests
22 October 2024 Invitation to participate
17 July 2024 - 14 August 2024 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators
17 July 2024 In progress. Scoping commencing
31 January 2024 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected
30 January 2024 Topic selection

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