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Celltrion's auto-immune disease biosimilar wins further approval in Europe
22 February 2022 - South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion said Tuesday that a high concentration version of its auto-immune disease ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2022
Bayer’s new treatment Kerendia (finerenone) approved in EU for adult patients with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes
21 February 2022 - Kerendia is the first non-steroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist to demonstrate positive kidney and cardiovascular outcomes in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2022
European Commission approves Tepmetko (tepotinib) for patients with advanced NSCLC with METex14 skipping alterations
18 February 2022 - Approval is based on Phase II results from VISION, the largest interventional study to date of patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2022
European Commission approves Oxbryta (voxelotor) for the treatment of haemolytic anaemia in patients with sickle cell disease age 12 years and older
16 February 2022 - The first sickle haemoglobin polymerisation inhibitor approved in Europe, Oxbryta increases haemoglobin levels and reduces sickling ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2022
Pfizer and OPKO’s once weekly Ngenla (somatrogon) injection receives marketing authorisation in European Union for treatment of paediatric growth hormone deficiency
15 February 2022 - Pfizer and OPKO Health announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for the next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2022
Saphnelo approved in the EU for the treatment of moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus
16 February 2022 - Saphnelo is a first in class type I interferon receptor antibody and the only new medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2022
European Medicines Agency approves Pfizer’s 20 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in adults
15 February 2022 - Apexxnar [pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (20 valent, adsorbed)] is the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to help protect ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2022
GE Healthcare's stress agent Rapiscan approved for use in stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
14 February 2022 - Already used in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging for adult patients, Rapiscan is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2022
CHMP recommends approval of Dupixent (dupilumab) for children aged 6 to 11 years with severe asthma with type 2 inflammation
31 January 2022 - Recommendation based on pivotal trial that showed Dupixent significantly reduced severe asthma attacks and improved lung function ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2022
European Commission approves Lorviqua (lorlatinib) as a first-line treatment for ALK positive advanced lung cancer
28 January 2022 - Approval based on results from Phase 3 CROWN trial, showing Lorviqua reduced risk of disease progression ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2022
Blueprint Medicines' Ayvakyt (avapritinib) receives positive CHMP opinion for the treatment of adults with advanced systemic mastocytosis
28 January 2022 - Positive opinion based on results from two clinical trials that comprise the largest clinical trial dataset in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2022
CHMP issues positive opinion to expand Jardiance (empagliflozin) indication based on unprecedented benefit in adult heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction
28 January 2022 - The positive opinion is based on the landmark EMPEROR-Preserved Phase 3 trial, which showed significant outcomes in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion for CAR T cell therapy Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) for relapsed or refractory DLBCL, PMBCL and FL3B
28 January 2022 - Recommendation for approval based on results from TRANSCEND NHL 001, the largest pivotal trial of patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Highlights from CHMP 24-27 January 2022 meeting
28 January 2022 - EMA’s CHMP recommended seven medicines for approval at its January 2022 meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
COVID-19: EMA recommends conditional marketing authorisation for Paxlovid
27 January 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for the oral antiviral medicine Paxlovid ...