Suggested remit: To appraise the clinical and cost effectiveness of finerenone within its marketing authorisation for treating heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.

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:
6514

Provisional Schedule

Committee meeting: 1:
08 April 2026
Expected publication:
04 June 2026

Project Team

Project lead
Leena Issa

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email [email protected]


External Assessment Group:
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Bayer (finerenone)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Arrhythmia Alliance
 
Atrial Fibrillation Association
 
Blood Pressure UK
 
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
 
Cardiomyopathy UK
 
Cardiovascular Care Partnership
 
Circulation Foundation
 
Heart Valve Voice
 
Network of Sikh Organisations
 
Pumping Marvellous Foundation
 
Somerville Foundation
 
South Asian Health Foundation
 
Specialised Healthcare Alliance
Professional groups
British and Irish Hypertension Society
 
British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care
 
British Cardiovascular Society
 
British Geriatrics Society
 
British Heart Foundation
 
British Heart Rhythm Society
 
British Nuclear Cardiology Society
 
British Society for Heart Failure
 
British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
 
National Heart and Lung Institute
 
Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
 
Royal College of Emergency Medicine
 
Royal College of General Practitioners
 
Royal College of Nursing
 
Royal College of Pathologists
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
 
Royal Society of Medicine
 
Society for Cardiological Science & Technology
 
Society for Vascular Nurses
 
Society for Vascular Technology
 
UK Clinical Pharmacy Association
 
Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Associated public health groups
Public Health Wales
 
UK Health Security Agency
Comparator companies
Accord Healthcare (furosemide)
 
ADVANZ Pharma (furosemide)
 
AS Kalceks (furosemide)
 
AstraZeneca (dapagliflozin)
 
Baxter Healthcare (furosemide)
 
Boehringer Ingelheim (empagliflozin)
 
Hameln Pharmaceuticals (furosemide)
 
Ipca Laboratories UK (furosemide)
 
Mylan (bumetanide, torasemide)
 
Pinewood Healthcare (furosemide)
 
Rosemont Pharmaceuticals (bumetanide, furosemide)
 
Thame Laboratories (furosemide)
 
Tillomed Laboratories (furosemide)
General commentators
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
 
Allied Health Professionals Federation
 
Board of Community Health Councils in Wales
 
British National Formulary
 
Care Quality Commission
 
Department of Health - Northern Ireland
 
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
 
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
 
National Association of Primary Care
 
National Pharmacy Association
 
NHS Confederation
 
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
 
Scottish Medicines Consortium
 
Welsh Government
Relevant research groups
British Society for Cardiovascular Research
 
Cardiac and Cardiology Research Dept, Barts
 
Cochrane Heart, Stroke and Circulation Group
 
European Council for Cardiovascular Research
 
Genomics England
 
Heart Research UK
 
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
 
National Centre for Cardiovascular Preventions and Outcomes
 
National Institute for Health Research
 
Wellcome Trust

Related links

Timeline

Key events during the development of the guidance:

Date Update
28 August 2025 Invitation to participate
29 April 2025 - 29 May 2025 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6514
29 April 2025 In progress. Scoping commencing
16 April 2025 Referral
14 November 2024 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