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Search technology briefings produced by NIHR Innovation Observatory. These are short reports on new or repurposed medicines that we have already sent to our stakeholders. Only those technologies (medicines) that are within the scope of our stakeholders will have a technology briefing available.  Search our technology briefings by intervention (drug or device), specific indication (disease or condition), or general therapeutic area.

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Intervention Indication Therapeutic Area Year Actions
Osimertinib + pemetrexed + carboplatin +/ cisplatin as a first line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutation Carboplatin (Paraplatin) , Cisplatin (Platinol) , Osimertinib (Tagrisso; AZD9291; osimertinib mesylate) , Pemetrexed (Alimta; pemetrexed ditromethamine dihydrate; pemetrexed ditrometamol; pemetrexed disodium) Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Lung and Respiratory Cancer 2023 View  |  Download
Nivolumab in combination with cisplatin and fluorouracil for oesophageal cancer – first-line 5-Fluorouracil , Cisplatin (Platinol) , Nivolumab (Opdivo; BMS-936558; ONO-4538) Oesophageal cancer Head and Neck Cancer 2019 View  |  Download
Nivolumab in combination with chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell head and neck cancer Cisplatin (Platinol) , Nivolumab (Opdivo; BMS-936558; ONO-4538) Head and neck cancer Head and Neck Cancer 2021 View  |  Download
Nintedanib in combination with Pemetrexed and Cisplatin for Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma – first line Cisplatin (Platinol) , Nintedanib (Vargatef; Ofev; nintedanib esilate) , Pemetrexed (Alimta; pemetrexed ditromethamine dihydrate; pemetrexed ditrometamol; pemetrexed disodium) Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) Lung and Respiratory Cancer 2018 View  |  Download
Neoadjuvant nivolumab with gemcitabine and cisplatin followed by adjuvant nivolumab for previously-untreated muscle-invasive bladder cancer Cisplatin (Platinol) , Gemcitabine (Gemzar; gemcitabine hydrochloride) , Nivolumab (Opdivo; BMS-936558; ONO-4538) Bladder cancer Urological Cancer 2023 View  |  Download
Durvalumab in addition to gemcitabine and cisplatin for advanced biliary tract cancer – first line Cisplatin (Platinol) , Durvalumab (Imfinzi; MEDI4736; MEDI-4736; MEDI 4736) , Gemcitabine (Gemzar; gemcitabine hydrochloride) Biliary tract cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer 2021 View  |  Download
Atezolizumab in addition to Carboplatin or Cisplatin and Pemetrexed for Stage IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Atezolizumab (Tecentriq; MPDL3280A) , Carboplatin (Paraplatin) , Cisplatin (Platinol) , Pemetrexed (Alimta; pemetrexed ditromethamine dihydrate; pemetrexed ditrometamol; pemetrexed disodium) Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Lung and Respiratory Cancer 2018 View  |  Download
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