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EU Crunch Time For 15 New Drugs At Final CHMP Meeting Of 2021

Oral Explanation Meetings Possible For Four Marketing Applications

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

Drugs for COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease and heavy menstrual bleeding due to uterine fibroids are among the latest products that are this week being considered for marketing approval by the European Medicine Agency’s human drugs evaluation committee, the CHMP.

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A number of companies are set to find out if their drugs will receive EU approval • Source: Alamy

The European Medicines Agency is this week set to decide whether to recommend pan-EU marketing approval for 15 new drugs, including Xevudy (sotrovimab),Vir Biotechnology/GlaxoSmithKline’s COVID-19 treatment, and linzagolix, from ObsEva, for managing heavy menstrual bleeding associated with uterine fibroids.

Xevudy, which is approved in a number of countries around the world, is intended for the treatment of adults and adolescents with COVID-19 who do not require supplemental oxygen therapy

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