COVID-19 vaccine strain updates: global regulators agree on timing and data requirements

17 April 2024 - International regulators have published a report today presenting the outcomes of a workshop on COVID-19 vaccine ...

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EMA says it will consider conditional approval for NASH drugs using intermediate outcomes

5 April 2024 - The EMA said in a new reflection paper that it will consider granting conditional marketing approval ...

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Rocket Pharmaceuticals announces EMA acceptance of RP-L102 marketing authorisation application for the treatment of Fanconi anaemia

2 April 2024 - Positive, previously disclosed results from the global Phase 1/2 trial demonstrated genetic and phenotypic correction combined ...

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Autolus Therapeutics announces acceptance of marketing authorisation application by the EMA for obecabtagene autoleucel for patients with relapsed/refractory adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

2 April 2024 - Submission includes results from pivotal Phase 2 FELIX study evaluating obe-cel in r/r B-ALL. ...

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European Commission expands approval of Bristol Myers Squibb’s Reblozyl (luspatercept) to include first-line treatment of transfusion-dependent anaemia in adults with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes

2 April 2024 - Approval of Reblozyl is based on head-to-head, pivotal Phase 3 COMMANDS study, in which Reblozyl nearly doubled ...

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PTC announces submission of sepiapterin MAA for treatment of PKU to EMA

28 March 2024 - First marketing authorisation submission for sepiapterin with additional global submissions to follow in 2024. ...

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Abilify Maintena 960 mg (aripiprazole) approved in the EU as the first once every two months long-acting injectable for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia

27 March 2024 - Otsuka Pharmaceutical announces that its subsidiary Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe and Lundbeck announced that the European Commission ...

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European Commission approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy as neo-adjuvant treatment, then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment, for resectable non-small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence in adults

28 March 2024 - Decision marks the first approval in Europe for an anti-PD-1/L1 therapy in resectable non-small cell lung ...

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89bio receives EMA PRIME status for pegozafermin in the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) with fibrosis and compensated cirrhosis

27 March 2024 - PRIME status is supported by positive data from the Phase 2b ENLIVEN trial of pegozafermin. ...

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Norgine receives positive CHMP opinion recommending approval of NPJ5008 (dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate) for the treatment of malignant hyperthermia

26 March 2024 - Norgine today announced that the CHMP of the EMA has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of ...

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EU recommendations for 2024/2025 seasonal flu vaccine composition

26 March 2024 - EMA has issued recommendations for the influenza virus strains that vaccine manufacturers should include in vaccines for ...

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Highlights from the 18-21 March 2024 CHMP meeting

22 March 2024 - The EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 12 medicines for approval at its March 2024 meeting. ...

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Deliberations at the CHMP regarding the marketing authorisation application in the EU for lecanemab have been rescheduled due to procedural reasons at the EMA

22 March 2024 - Eisai announced today that the oral explanation scheduled for 19 March at the CHMP for lecanemab, ...

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Astellas receives positive CHMP opinion for Xtandi in additional recurrent early prostate cancer treatment setting

22 March 2024 - If approved, XTANDI would become the first and only NHT treatment available for metastatic and high risk ...

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Outlook Therapeutics receives European Union positive CHMP opinion for ONS-5010 as a treatment for wet AMD

22 March 2024 - Positive opinion serves as a basis for final decision for potential authorisation from the European Commission ...

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