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10th November 2025

Elacestrant Rejected by Scottish Medicines Consortium

We are deeply saddened to share the news that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has decided not to approve Elacestrant for use on the NHS in Scotland. Elacestrant is a targeted treatment for postmenopausal women and men with hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative, secondary breast cancer who have an ESR1 mutation, with disease progression after hormone therapy, including a CDK 4/6 inhibitor.

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