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Janssen’s Multiple Myeloma Drug Among 11 Products To Get EMA Thumbs Up

Labeling Extension In Store For Bavarian Nordic’s Smallpox Vaccine To Include Monkeypox

 
• By Vibha Sharma

The European Medicines Agency has cleared the decks for the pan-EU approval of nearly a dozen new drugs. Tecvayli is headed for a conditional approval, while Nulibry is slated to get marketing authorization under exceptional circumstances. 

Multiple myeloma cells emitting M (Monoclonal) protein in the blood flow - isometric view 3d illustration
Janssen’s Tecvayli Is A Novel Bispecific Antibody To Treat Multiple Myeloma • Source: Alamy

Tecvayli (teclistamab) is on track to winning pan EU-marketing approval, following the European Medicines Agency’s recommendation that the drug, from Janssen Pharmaceutical, be granted a conditional marketing authorization for treating adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior therapies.

An off-the-shelf, T-cell redirecting bispecific antibody, Tecvayli is still under review in the US

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