Now Ocrevus blocked from health service in Scotland

Hot on the heels of NICE rejecting Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) as a treatment of PPMS by the National Health Service (NHS) in England, it has been blocked as a therapy for relapsing MS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) says it does not consider ocrelizumab to be cost effective for the NHS in Scotland  as a treatment …

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MS drug Ocrevus could be barred from health service

Ocrevus may have taken the worldwide multiple sclerosis community by storm but it seems set for a rocky ride in the United Kingdom. It’s quite possible that it will not be available through the country’s National Health Service (NHS). Although the drug1, known by the non-brand name, ocrelizumab, was licensed by the European Medicines Agency …

New MS drug approval delayed by three months

People with MS who have been looking forward to the long-awaited US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the MS drug Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) are disappointed now it has been delayed. This is because, although a decision had been promised for late December 2016, an 11th-hour decision means the approval hearing has now been put …

Drug ´breakthrough´ for primary progressive MS

Everyone living with primary progressive multiple sclerosis should be excited by the fact a drug being developed for treatment of that particular type of MS has been given ´breakthrough´ designation by the USA´s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The special status means that the drug, called ocrelizumab, could be approved more quickly following positive phase …