Pfizer’s Talzenna Wins English Funding After Price Discount, Three Years Behind Germany & France

Pfizer’s Talzenna is soon to be made available to National Health Service patients in England and Wales with HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with inherited BRCA mutations, after the company agreed to provide the PARP inhibitor at a larger discount than it originally offered.

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NICE, the health technology assessment (HTA) body for England, has recommended Pfizer’s Talzenna (talazoparib) for reimbursement, after initially turning the drug down due to its cost last July.

The positive funding decision is aligned with similar market access agreements made in other European countries, but it has come...

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