Thelin Gets EMEA Committee Approval Recommendation

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended marketing authorization approval of Encysive's pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy Thelin (sitaxsentan), the agency announced June 2

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