Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive. Approved

As monotherapy for the first-line treatment of metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in adults whose tumours express PD-L1 with a CPS >= 1

This is written in the approval document.

Reimbursement

ODMS

Citation

Pembrolizumab 200mg Monotherapy, 2026, version number 16, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 02/08/2026, https://healthservice.hse.ie/documents/6903/455_V15b__Pembrolizumab_200mg_Monotherapy.pdf

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organizations	Biomarkers	Cancer types	Therapies
HSE (1)	PD-L1 (CPS) >= 1	Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma	Pembrolizumab