following a full submission assessed under the orphan equivalent medicine process:
epcoritamab (Tepkinly®) is accepted for use within NHSScotland.
Indication under review: as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
In a single-arm, open-label, phase II study, treatment with epcoritamab was associated with an overall response rate of 82%. Indirect comparisons suggested improvements in overall survival and progression-free survival with epcoritamab compared with current care.
This advice applies only in the context of an approved NHSScotland Patient Access Scheme (PAS) arrangement delivering the cost-effectiveness results upon which the decision was based, or a PAS/ list price that is equivalent or lower.
This advice takes account of the views from a Patient and Clinician Engagement (PACE) meeting.
Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- epcoritamab (Tepkinly)
- SMC ID:
- SMC2881
- Indication:
Tepkinly as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
- Pharmaceutical company
- AbbVie Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Malignant disease and immunosuppression
- Submission type
- Full
- Status
- Accepted
- Date advice published
- 07 September 2026