Formulary Amendments |
Chapter |
Change |
Reason for change |
02.15 |
Empagliflozin for the treatment of chronic heart failure with preserved or midly reduced ejection fraction |
NICE TA929 |
05.01 |
Addition of link to NENC Penicillin Allergy Assessment primary care for adult patients |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
13.04 |
Removal of Betnovate N cream |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
01.04.02 |
Removal of loperamide oral liquid and amended wording for orodispersible |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
01.05.01 |
Shared care guideline link added to sulfasalazine |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
01.06.07 |
Addition of chronic constipation in men as an approved indication for prucalopride |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
02.02.01 |
Removal of treatment to be initiaited by cardiology |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
02.02.03 |
Addition of prescribing guideline for finerenone |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
02.03.02 |
Shared care guideline link amended for amiodarone |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
02.03.02 |
Shared care guideline link amended for dronedarone |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
02.08.01 |
Removal of local guidance for low molecular weight heparins |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
02.08.02 |
Removal of Tees Valley Warfarin guidelines for primary care |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
02.08.02 |
Removal of NENC DOAC decision support table |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
03.04.01 |
Promethazine changed from alternative to second choice |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval |
04.01.01 |
Addition of daridorexant for the treatment of long-term insomnia |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee & NICE TA922 |
04.03.03 |
Addition of sertraline 100mg/5ml concentrate for oral solution |
NENC Medicines Committee approval |
04.07.02 |
Addition of fentanyl nasal spray for use by children |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
04.07.02 |
Addition of morphie sulfate (MST) 5mg tablets |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
04.07.04.02 |
Addition of rimegepant for treating migraine |
NICE TA919 |
04.09.01 |
Foslevidopa/foscarbidopa for the treatment of advanced Parkinson’s with motor symptoms in adults |
NICE TA934 |
04.09.01 |
Opicapone changed to 1st choice |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
04.09.01 |
Bromocriptine - County Durham and Tees Valley shared care guideline removed |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
04.09.03 |
Link to riluzole shared care guideline added and formulation changed from orodispersible tablet to orodispersible film |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
06.01.02.01 |
Removal of gliclazide MR tablets for new patients |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
06.01.02.03 |
Semaglutide (Wegovy). Changed from Brown to Red |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval & NICE TA875 |
06.01.02.03 |
Addition of tirzepatide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes |
NENC Medicines Subcommittee Approval & NICE TA924 |
06.06.02 |
Denosumab - changed from Green plus to Amber. |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
08.01.05 |
Lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide (Lutathera) for treating unresectable or metastatic neuroendocrine tumours in adults |
NICE TA930 |
08.01.05 |
Tisagenlecleucel for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in adults after 2 or more systemic therapies. Moved from approved to Non-Formulary |
NICE TA933 |
08.01.05 |
Idecabtagene vicleucel for treating relapsed and frefractory multuiple myeloma after 3 or more treatments. Added to non-formulary |
NICE TA936 |
09.05.02.02 |
Sevelamer and lanthanum changed from Red to Green Plus |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
09.08.01 |
Pegunigalsidase alfa for treating Fabry disease |
NICE TA915 & NHSE SSC2600 |
10.01.01 |
Celecoxib changed from Green Plus to Green |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
11.03.03 |
Ganciclovir ophthalmic gel changed to 1st choice. |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
12.03.01 |
Caphosol and Gelclair changed from Red to Green Plus |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
13.05.03 |
Baricitinib for treating severe alopecia areata (Not recommended) |
NICE TA926 |
15.01.02 |
Removal of desflurane |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |
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Addition of position statement on the prescribing of branded generic medicines |
NENC Medicines Committee Approval |