A Candid Behind-The-Scenes Look At PRIME with Novimmune & Biogen

Novimmune and Biogen encountered surprises, challenges and opportunities with PRIME, the European Medicines Agency’s new priority medicines scheme. The two companies have some advice on how to keep pace with expectations under the initiative and make the most of the scheme for taking drugs for unmet medical needs to patients faster.

Novimmune met the invitation earlier this year to attend a kick-off meeting with the European Medicines Agency under the regulator’s new priority medicines (PRIME) scheme with some trepidation.

“It came as a surprise to us that we got to see the EMA so quickly,” Novimmune’s Chief Medical Officer,...

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