Moment Of Truth For Belantamab Mafodotin, Trikafta And Turalio At EMA

A number of drug companies are set to learn the fate of their marketing authorization applications in the EU this week.

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The EMA is deciding whether to recommend approval for a number of drugs • Source: Shutterstock

GlaxoSmithKline could find out this week whether the European Medicines Agency will recommend that its multiple myeloma drug belantamab mafodotin be approved in the EU, setting the company on course to becoming the first to market a BCMA-targeting therapy for the disease.

Belantamab mafodotin, which will also be considered for approval in the US next month, is among a number of products that are listed as being up for an opinion on...

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