Advice

following an abbreviated submission:

eslicarbazepine acetate (Zebinix®) is accepted for restricted use within NHSScotland.

Indication under review: as adjunctive therapy in adolescents and children aged above 6 years with partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation.

SMC restriction: patients with highly refractory epilepsy who have been heavily pre-treated and remain uncontrolled with existing anti-epileptic drugs.

SMC has previously accepted eslicarbazepine acetate for restricted use as adjunctive therapy in adults with partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation.

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Medicine details

Medicine name:
eslicarbazepine acetate (Zebinix)
SMC ID:
SMC2087
Indication:
For adjunctive therapy in adolescents and children aged above 6 years with partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation.
Pharmaceutical company
Eisai Ltd
BNF chapter
Central nervous system
Submission type
Abbreviated
Status
Restricted
Date advice published
11 February 2019