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Welireg (belzutifan)United Healthcare

Advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC)

Preferred products

  • Keytruda (pembrolizumab)
  • Opdivo (nivolumab)
  • Cabometyx (cabozantinib)
  • Inlyta (axitinib)
  • Lenvima (lenvatinib)

Initial criteria

  • Diagnosis of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
  • Disease has progressed after treatment with both of the following: programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) or programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) checkpoint inhibitor [e.g., Keytruda (pembrolizumab), Opdivo (nivolumab)] AND vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (VEGF-TKI) [e.g., Cabometyx (cabozantinib), Inlyta (axitinib), Lenvima (lenvatinib)]

Reauthorization criteria

  • Patient does not show evidence of disease progression while on Welireg

Approval duration

12 months