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
Further information:
Topic in appraisal
Process:
STA Standard
ID number:
6325

Provisional Schedule

Draft guidance:
23 July 2025 - 13 August 2025
Expected publication:
05 November 2025

Project Team

Project lead
Jeremy Powell

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email [email protected]


External Assessment Group:
Warwick Evidence, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Gilead Sciences Ltd (brexucabtagene autoleucel)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Lymphoma Action
Professional groups
Association of Cancer Physicians
 
Cancer Research UK
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal College of Radiologists
Comparator companies
Baxter Healthcare (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin)- No CAU- Not participating
 
BeiGene UK (zanubrutinib)- CAU signed- Participating
 
Celltrion Healthcare UK (rituximab)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories UK (bendamustine)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Hospira UK (cytarabine, vincristine)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals UK (cytarabine)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Medac GmbH (doxorubicin)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Pfizer (rituximab, doxorubicin)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Roche (rituximab)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Sandoz (rituximab, cyclophosphamide)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Seacross Pharmaceuticals (bendamustine, doxorubicin)- No CAU- Not participating
 
Zentiva (bendamustine)- No CAU- Not participating
General commentators
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
British National Formulary
 
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
 
Department of Health - Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
 
Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee
Relevant research groups
Institute of Cancer Research

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
02 July 2025 Declaration of interests
01 July 2025 Committee meeting: 1
06 December 2024 Invitation to participate
30 September 2024 - 28 October 2024 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators
16 May 2024 In progress

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

Consultation in progress

Consultation documents