Novo Awaits EMA’s Verdict On Oral Form Of Antidiabetic Blockbuster Semaglutide

Alnylam’s Givlaari for acute hepatic porphyria is also among the 14 new products that could get an EU approval recommendation this week.

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Novo Nordisk’s Rybelsus, an oral version of the company’s blockbuster Ozempic (semaglutide) injection for type 2 diabetes, is one of 14 new products that could this week be recommended for approval across the EU.

Rybelsus, which was approved in the US last September as a first of its kind treatment, is among the marketing authorization applications (MAAs) listed as being up for an opinion by the European Medicines Agency’s drug evaluation committee, the CHMP

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