Immunocore's Tebentafusp Sole Winner In EU Fast-Track Stakes In June

European Medicines Agency's CHMP Rejected Four Out Of Five Requests

If Immuncore's tebentafusp is fast-tracked all the way through the centralized procedure at the EMA, it could be approved a few months earlier than it otherwise would be.

The EMA will fast track its review of advanced uveal melanoma drug tebentafusp. • Source: Alamy

Immunocore's investigational immunotherapy and lead drug candidate, tebentafusp, will be fast-tracked through the EU review process when the company files for approval. Tebentafusp is a potential treatment for patients with previously untreated metastatic uveal melanoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the eye.

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