Eisai Disagrees with German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) Report on Innovative Antiepileptic Drug Fycompa® (Perampanel) for the Treatment of Partial Epilepsy

Eisai Disagrees with German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) Report on Innovative Antiepileptic Drug Fycompa® (Perampanel) for the Treatment of Partial Epilepsy PR Newswire HATFIELD, England, December 18, 2012 HATFIELD, England, December 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the assessment report by the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) on Fycompa® (perampanel), published today on the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) website, the institute did not attest an additional benefit. Comments on the report and its proposed conclusion can be submitted to the G-BA up until 07 January 2013. The G- BA will decide on the additional benefit in March 2013 after reviewing comments and the discussion from an oral hearing of experts end of January. The current IQWiG assessment has no implications on the reimbursement of perampanel or doctors' ability to prescribe this new partial epilepsy treatment. Eisai today expressed its strong disappointment with IQWiG in regards to their assessment of the additional benefit, of the new epilepsy treatment perampanel compared to a treatment defined by the G-BA. It is reported that additional [1]benefit is unproven based on methodological considerations. No statement was made regarding clinical efficacy and safety. Perampanel is the first in an entirely new class of treatment for uncontrolled partial epilepsy with a novel mechanism of action that is different from all other anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).