Abatacept (Orencia®)

All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG)
Record ID 32014000448
English
Authors' recommendations: Abatacept (Orencia®) is recommended as an option for use within NHS Wales in combination with methotrexate for the treatment of moderate to severe active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in paediatric patients 6 years of age and older who have had an insufficient response to other disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs including at least one tumour necrosis factor inhibitor. This recommendation applies only in circumstances where the approved Wales Patients Access Scheme is utilised.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2014
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Wales, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Child
  • Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Immunoconjugates
  • Antirheumatic Agents
Contact
Organisation Name: All Wales Medicines Strategy Group
Contact Address: All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre, Academic Centre, University Hospital Llandough, Penlan Road, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 2XX
Contact Name: AWTTC@wales.nhs.uk
Contact Email: AWTTC@wales.nhs.uk
Copyright: AWTTC
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