Dual Approval For Verzenio Under International Review Scheme

The joint review by Australia and Canada of the metastatic breast cancer drug, Verzenio, helped regulators in both jurisdictions achieve efficiencies.

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Australian and Canadian regulators highlight the advantages of working together • Source: Shutterstock

Eli Lilly’s metastatic breast cancer drug, Verzenio (abemaciclib), has been approved in Australia and Canada, making it the second medicine to be reviewed under an international work-sharing program for new chemical entities (NCEs) that was set up last year.

Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration and Health Canada carried out a joint review of Verzenio under the Australia-Canada-Singapore-Switzerland (ACSS) Consortium. The...

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