EU Filings Signal New Hope For Blenrep & A First For Vimseltinib

The European Medicines Agency has started reviewing new marketing applications for 10 products, including Blenrep, GSK’s previously approved multiple myeloma drug that was withdrawn from the market, and vimseltinib, which could become the EU’s first oral treatment approved for TGCT.

The EMA has started reviewing filings for a new batch of drugs • Source: Shutterstock

The European Medicines Agency has begun reviewing a new batch of products for potential pan-EU marketing approval, including vimseltinib and a recombinant pertussis vaccine (RPV), both of which could become first-of-their-kind treatments in the region.

Vimseltinib, from Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, is an investigational oral drug for treating tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT). The standard treatment for TGCT in Europe is surgery, and the last time...

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