The agency recommended the drug based on the results from the Phase III ALTA-1L trial, and after Takeda agreed to offer the drug to NHS England at a discount.
Myriad Genetics' EndoPredict, Agendia's MammaPrint (distributed in Germany by PathoNext), and Veracyte's Prosigna will now be covered by public insurance.
Once finalized, lung cancer patients in England can receive the drug for two years after they've received chemotherapy and if their tumors express PD-L1.