GW Pharma Among Myriad Hopefuls Seeking Extended Indications In EU

Applications to widen the therapeutic indications of up to 20 approved drugs will be decided on this week at the European Medicines Agency.

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Companies are seeking approval to increase the therapeutic indications for their drugs • Source: Shutterstock

The European Medicines Agency is this week due to decide whether to back the approval of extended indications for a raft medicines that are already authorized in the EU. These include GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidyolex, AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi and Eli Lilly’s Olumiant.

Requests by companies to broaden the therapeutic indication of around 20 products are listed as being up for an opinion on whether they should be approved at the latest monthly meeting of the EMA’s drug evaluation committee, the CHMP. The meeting is taking place from 20-23 July

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