Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved vemurafenib for reimbursement as a monotherapy treatment option for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma whose tumors are BRAF V600 positive.

This is written in the approval document as:

Treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Citation

Vemurafenib Monotherapy, 2020, version number 5, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 18/01/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/melanoma/102-vemurafenib-monotherapy-regimen.pdf

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organization(s) Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
HSE (1) BRAF p.V600E Melanoma Vemurafenib
HSE (1) BRAF p.V600K Melanoma Vemurafenib