UK – NICE recommends UCB’s Fintepla for Dravet syndrome

Biopharmaceutical company UCB has announced that it has received a final appraisal determination from the National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE), recommending Fintepla (fenfluramine). The treatment will be available as an add-on therapy for patients aged two year and above.

Fintepla is an oral solution developed to treat seizures associated with Dravet syndrome, a rare, lifelong form of epilepsy that begins in infancy. The condition affects around one in every 15,000 people in the UK.

The condition is marked by severe refractory seizures – seizures that are not brought under control by medicine – frequent medical emergencies, significant cognitive and behavioural impairments, and a significantly increased risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)…