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Lilly’s Omvoh Among Nine New Drugs Securing EU Marketing Thumbs Up

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

A number of new drugs have taken a major step towards being approved for use in the EU after receiving the nod from the European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee, the CHMP. Meanwhile, the marketing applications for three drugs have been withdrawn.

Concept of EMA European Medicines Agency. Drugs evaluation and quality control.
The EMA has recommended that new drugs be approved for use in the EU • Source: Shutterstock

Omvoh (mirikizumab), Eli Lilly’s treatment for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, is among the nine drugs that the European Medicines Agency this week said should be approved for use across the EU.

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