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#SFHS2607630ADecree of 27 March 2026 amending the list of pharmaceutical specialties approved for use by public authorities and various public services

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French decree adds Tevimbra (tislelizumab) 100 mg concentrate for solution for infusion to the official list of medicines approved for use by public hospitals, prisons, military health services and other public entities. Reimbursement by French social security is restricted to two specific first-line indications in adults: (1) in combination with platinum and fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy for HER2-negative, PD-L1 TAP ≥ 5 % locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma; and (2) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for PD-L1 TAP ≥ 5 % unresectable locally advanced or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The product is supplied as 100 mg/10 mL vials (CIP 34009 551 016 2 8) by BeOne Medicines France SARL. The decree was published on 31 March 2026.

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Key Changes

  • Addition of Tevimbra (tislelizumab) 100 mg/10 mL vial (CIP 34009 551 016 2 8) to the approved public-collectivity medicines list
  • Reimbursement limited to first-line PD-L1 TAP ≥ 5 % HER2-negative gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma with platinum + fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy
  • Reimbursement limited to first-line PD-L1 TAP ≥ 5 % unresectable locally advanced or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with platinum chemotherapy

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Obligations

What this law requires

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Add Tevimbra (tislelizumab) 100 mg concentrate for solution for infusion to the official list of medicines approved for use by public hospitals, prisons, military health services and other public entities

Public authorities and various public services (hospitals, prisons, military health services)
operational
high

Restrict reimbursement by French social security for Tevimbra to first-line indication: combination with platinum and fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy for HER2-negative, PD-L1 TAP ≥ 5% locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults

French social security (assurance maladie) and reimbursement authorities
operational
high

Restrict reimbursement by French social security for Tevimbra to first-line indication: combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for PD-L1 TAP ≥ 5% unresectable locally advanced or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in adults

French social security (assurance maladie) and reimbursement authorities
operational
high

Supply Tevimbra only in the approved formulation: 100 mg/10 mL vials (CIP 34009 551 016 2 8) manufactured by BeOne Medicines France SARL

BeOne Medicines France SARL and pharmaceutical distributors
operational
high

Verify PD-L1 TAP score ≥ 5% in patient tumors before approving reimbursement for either approved indication

French social security (assurance maladie) and prescribing physicians
operational

Affected Parties

Public hospitals and health establishmentsFrench National Health Insurance (Assurance Maladie)+3 more…

Tags

tislelizumab,TeVimbra,PD-L1