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Table 2 Dates of approval and reimbursement of pembrolizumab

From: The reimbursement process in three national healthcare systems: variation in time to reimbursement of pembrolizumab for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Indication

FDA approval

NICE, England

PBAS, Australia

The National Advisory Committee for the Basket of Health Services, Israel

2L after disease progression with chemotherapy with PD-L1 TPS ≥ 1%

October 2015

January 2017

(Rejected in 2016)

January 2018

1L monotherapy for TPS ≥ 50%

October 2016

June 2017

July 2018 (with PS 0–1)

January 2017

1L in combination with chemotherapy—non-squamous cell carcinoma

August 2018

January 2019

July 2019 (with PS 0–1)

January 2019

1L in combination with chemotherapy—squamous cell carcinoma

October 2018

September 2019

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January 2019

  1. FDA Food and Drug Administration, NICE The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, PBAC Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, 1L first line, 2L second line, PD-L1 programmed death-ligand 1, TPS tumor proportion score, PS performance score