Products Targeting Alzheimer's, Duchenne & COVID-19 Among New EU Filings

EU marketing authorization applications have been submitted for a number of new drugs, including Eli Lilly’s donanemab, Italfarmaco's givinostat and Arcturus Therapeutics/CSL’s ARCT-154.

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Donanemab was shown to significantly slow cognitive and functional decline in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease • Source: Shutterstock

Donanemab, Eli Lilly’s investigational treatment for Alzheimer's disease, and Arcturus Therapeutics/CSL’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, ARCT-154, are among the latest products that the European Medicines Agency has started reviewing for potential pan-EU marketing authorization.

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