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EMA OKs Seven New Drugs Including First RSV Vaccine For Older Adults

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

GSK’s Arexvy vaccine for preventing lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus in adults aged 60 years and older is among the latest products that the European Medicines Agency said should be approved for use in the EU.

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The first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for older adults could be approved in the EU soon • Source: Shutterstock

Arexvy (recombinant, adjuvanted), from GSK, has moved closer to becoming the first vaccine authorized to help protect older adults from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease, after the European Medicines Agency recommended that the product be approved for marketing across the EU.

The vaccine, for preventing lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in adults aged 60 years and older, was one of seven new drugs that the EMA’s human medicines committee, the CHMP, recommended for pan-EU approval during its latest monthly meeting, which took place on 24-26 April

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