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

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:
Cost Comparison Standard
ID number:
6378

Provisional Schedule

Expected publication:
05 November 2025

Project Team

Project lead
Vonda Murray

Email enquiries

If you have any queries please email [email protected]


External Assessment Group:
Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG), University of Exeter

Stakeholders

Companies sponsors
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines (abiraterone originator)
 
Sandoz (abiraterone)
Others
Department of Health and Social Care
 
Health Technology Wales (HTW)
 
NHS England
Patient carer groups
Prostate Cancer Research
 
Prostate Cancer UK
 
Tackle Prostate Cancer
Professional groups
Association of Cancer Physicians
 
Cancer Research UK
 
Royal College of Physicians
 
Royal College of Radiologists
Associated public health groups
NONE
Comparator companies
AstraZeneca UK (bicalutamide, goserelin) signed, participating
 
Bayer (darolutamide) signed, participating
 
Janssen-Cilag (apalutamide) signed, participating
 
Accord (docetaxel, bicalutamide, relugolix) not signed, not participating
 
Astellas (enzalutamide) not signed, not participating
 
Dr Reddy’s (docetaxel) not signed, not participating
 
Hospira (docetaxel) not signed, not participating
 
Ipsen (triptorelin) not signed, not participating
 
Medac UK (docetaxel) not signed, not participating
 
Orion Pharma UK (histrelin) not signed, not participating
 
Sanofi (docetaxel) not signed, not participating
 
Seacross (docetaxel) not signed, not participating
 
Sunpharma (bicalutamide) not signed, not participating
 
Takeda UK (leuprorelin) not signed, not participating
 
Zentiva (bicalutamide) not signed, 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
28 April 2025 Invitation to participate
01 April 2025 - 15 April 2025 Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 6378
01 April 2025 Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected
01 April 2025 In progress

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