University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Medicines A–Z

B

Status Drug name NICE TAs Comments
Status: Red Botulism antitoxin
Status: Red Brentuximab injection

National CDF list. For hospital use only.

Status: Green Brevinor

Umbrella service only

Status: Red Brexucabtagene autoleucel
Status: Red Brigatinib (Alunbrig®)
Status: Red Brimonidine 3mg/g (Mirvaso®)
Status: Amber Brinzolamide 1% and Brimonidine 0.2% eye drops (Simbrinza)

Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation

Status: Amber Brinzolamide eye drops

Specialist ophthalmologist recommendation

Status: Red Brivaracetam (Briviact ®) injection
Status: Amber Brivaracetam (Briviact®)

Initiation by Tertiary Epilepsy Specialist only. For adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adult and adolescent patients from 16 years of age, with severe refractory epilepsy warranting tertiary specialist input for patients who have tried three or more AEDs. The patient has used levetiracetam and has documentation of intolerance and patient is using a third line agent (perampanel, zonisamide, lacosamide, eslicarbazepine) which would be replaced by brivaracetam. ESCA required.

Drug status key

Formulary drugs are allocated a traffic light status. This provides guidance on where clinical and prescribing responsibilities lie in regard to the initiation and maintenance of prescribing.

Grey

Grey

Positive NICE TA and/or awaiting local clarification on place in therapy. Please contact your medicines optimisation team for more information.

Red

Red

Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists only.

Amber

Amber

Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists and transfer to primary care prescribing when appropriate, or in primary care following a specialists recommendation. Prior to initiation some medicines may require committee agreement or a framework to support safe transfer and maintenance.

Green

Green

Initiation and maintenance of prescribing by specialists, GPs and other qualified clinicians.

Blue

Blue

Under review at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

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