GSK’s Benlysta Discount Isn’t Big Enough To Avoid NICE Rejection
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
NICE says GSK did not adequately compare its lupus drug belimumab to Roche’s Mab Thera (rituximab). While the firm and partner Human Genome Sciences did offer data that appeared to show an advantage, the problem is that the positive results were more prevalent in a patient population that did not broadly reflect the make-up of the U.K., NICE said.