Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) and Cara Therapeutics, Inc. announced that England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended Kapruvia® for the treatment of moderate-to-severe CKD-associated pruritus in adult patients on haemodialysis. The decision follows authorisation from the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in April 2022. MHRA approval and the NICE recommendation were supported by positive data from two pivotal phase-III trials – KALM-1, conducted in the U.S. (New England Journal of Medicine 2020; 382:222-232), and the global KALM-2, as well as supportive data from an additional 32 clinical studies.