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EU Decision Time For GSK’s Rare Cancer Drug Momelotinib & Others

 
• By Eliza Slawther

The European Medicines Agency is this week due to decide whether to back pan-EU marketing authorization for seven products, including three for orphan indications.

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GSK could soon learn whether its orphan drug momelotinib, which it acquired as part of a $2bn buyout of Sierra Oncology, will be recommended for EU marketing approval by the European Medicines Agency.

Momelotinib, an oral treatment for the key manifestations of myelofibrosis, including anemia and splenomegaly, is among seven new products for...

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