EU Crunch Time For Two Drugs That Lost Their Fast-Track Status

Karyopharm and GSK should soon learn whether the European Medicines Agency will recommend EU approval for their respective products, selinexor and dostarlimab.

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The sponsors of two cancer drugs that lost their fast-track status while under review at the European Medicines Agency should learn this week whether the new treatments will be recommended for pan-EU approval.

One of the products is selinexor, Karyopharm Therapeutics’ orphan drug for treating relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The other is dostarlimab – GlaxoSmithKline’s endometrial cancer treatment. It is...

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