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Bayer submits applications in the U.S. and EU for additional indication of Nubeqa (darolutamide)
9 March 2022 - Submissions are based on data from the pivotal Phase 3 ARASENS trial recently published in The New ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2022
Jardiance (empagliflozin) becomes the first and only approved treatment in Europe for adults with symptomatic chronic heart failure regardless of ejection fraction
7 March 2022 - The breakthrough approval expands the existing indication of Jardiance to include adults with heart failure with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2022
PRIME enables earlier availability of life-changing medicines
3 March 2022 - EMA’s PRIority Medicines (PRIME) scheme has had a positive impact on the authorisation of new medicines that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2022
Regulation on EMA’s extended mandate becomes applicable
1 March 2022 - The regulation reinforcing EMA’s role in crisis preparedness and management of medicinal products and medical devices becomes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2022
EMA accepts marketing authorisation application for daprodustat
1 March 2022 - Submission for the treatment of anaemia of chronic kidney disease based on the ASCEND Phase III clinical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2022
CHMP recommends Idorsia’s dual acting treatment Quviviq for insomnia patients
28 February 2022 - Quviviq can be used on a long-term basis, addressing a key limitation of existing therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2022
Glucophage is the first oral diabetes treatment approved in Europe for use during pregnancy
28 February 2022 - The approval was granted on the basis of Merck’s own safety cohort study CLUE and a large ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Astellas and Seagen announce CHMP confirms positive opinion for Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) in locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer
28 February 2022 - Astellas Pharma and Seagen today announced that the CHMP of the EMA has confirmed its previously ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus chemotherapy for first-line treatment of patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with tumour cell PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%
25 February 2022 - Recommendation based on positive results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -648 trial, in which the combination demonstrated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion recommending approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) for first-line treatment of patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
25 February 2022 - Recommendation based on results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -648 trial, in which the immunotherapy combination demonstrated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion recommending approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) as adjuvant treatment for patients with radically resected, high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma with tumour cell PD-L1 expression ≥1%
25 February 2022 - Recommendation based on results from the Phase 3 CheckMate-274 trial, in which Opdivo significantly reduced patients’ risk ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announces EMA validation of marketing authorisation application for AMX0035 for the treatment of ALS
25 February 2022 - Amylyx Pharmaceuticals today announced that its marketing authorisation application to the EMA CHMP for AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Biohaven and Pfizer receive positive CHMP opinion for migraine treatment
25 February 2022 - Biohaven Pharmaceutical and Pfizer today announced that the CHMP of the EMA adopted a positive opinion for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2022
Highlights from CHMP 21-24 February 2022 meeting
25 February 2022 - EMA’s CHMP recommended thirteen medicines for approval at its February 2022 meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2022
New medicine for rare type of eye cancer
25 February 2022 - EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Kimmtrak (tebentafusp), a monotherapy ...