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Six new medicines were recommended by the Danish Medicines Council in June

Decisions made by The Danish Medicines Council in June.

Key points

  • Six new medicines were recommended.

  • Three medicines were directly placed in treatment guidelines.

  • Four medicines were not recommended as standard treatment.

Recommended as standard treatment

  • Durvalumab was recommended for resectable gastric cancer in combination with FLOT.

  • Obinutuzumab was recommended for adults with lupus nephritis for up to one year.

  • Bulevirtid was recommended for chronic hepatitis D with severe liver damage.

  • Cilta-cel was extended to patients previously treated with other BCMA-targeted medicines.

  • Glofitamab, olaparib, and sotatercept all received conditional recommendations.

Direct placements into treatment guidelines

  • Depemokimab is included directly in the treatment guideline for biological medicines for severe asthma.

  • Leuprorelin is included directly in the evidence review of medicines for medical castration in prostate cancer.

  • Somapacitan is included directly in the evidence review of medicines for growth hormone deficiency.

Not recommended as standard treatment

  • Natriumthiosulfat, givinostat, cabozantinib, and tafasitamab.

Process updates

  • Two ongoing assessments were put on hold.

  • Guidance for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer and first-line unresectable NSCLC was updated after new tenders and prices.

Read more at https://medicinraadet.dk/nyheder/2026/overblik-medicinradets-beslutninger-i-juni-2026

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