Amgen's Xgeva Wins U.K. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Backing for Some Cancer Patients

Amgen Inc. (AMGN) (AMGN)’s Xgeva won the backing of the U.K.’s health-cost agency as a treatment for some patients whose cancer has spread to their bones. The drug, also called denosumab, is an option for breast- cancer patients with bone metastases, though not for men with prostate cancer that has spread, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence said today in a statement on its draft recommendations. Xgeva may also be a cost-effective treatment for patients with solid tumors other than breast or prostate cancers if zoledronic acid or disodium pamidronate would otherwise be prescribed for these patients, according to the agency, known as NICE.

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