Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2016
Ipsen announces the acceptance by the European Medicines Agency of the marketing authorization application for telotristat etiprate to treat carcinoid syndrome caused by neuroendocrine tumors, in combination with somatostatin analogues
18 July 2016 - Ipsen today announced that the EMA has accepted the submission of filing for telotristat etiprate as an adjunct to somatostatin analogue therapy for the long-term treatment of carcinoid syndrome to improve symptom control in adult patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors.
In addition to this European submission, Ipsen will pursue a worldwide regulatory plan for marketing authorization submissions in the territories where it operates. As such the Marketing Authorization Application was submitted to SwissMedic (the Swiss Regulatory Agency) on July 5th 2016.
In October 2014, Ipsen and Lexicon announced that they had entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for Ipsen to commercialize telotristat etiprate in all territories excluding the United States and Japan, where Lexicon retains the rights. Lexicon filed a New Drug Application in the United States on 30 March 2016 and was granted priority review on 31 May 2016 by the U.S. FDA.
