following an abbreviated submission
guselkumab (Tremfya®) is accepted for use within NHSScotland.
Indication under review: Treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response, lost response, or were intolerant to either conventional therapy, a biologic treatment, or a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor.
Guselkumab offers an additional treatment choice in the therapeutic class of interkeukin inhibitors in this setting.
This advice applies only in the context of approved NHSScotland Patient Access Scheme (PAS) arrangements delivering the cost-effectiveness results upon which the decision was based, or PAS/ list prices that are equivalent or lower.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- guselkumab (Tremfya)
- SMC ID:
- SMC2848
- Indication:
For the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response, lost response, or were intolerant to either conventional therapy, a biologic treatment, or Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor.
- Pharmaceutical company
- Janssen-Cilag Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Gastro-intestinal system
- Submission type
- Abbreviated
- Status
- Accepted
- Date advice published
- 10 November 2025