Apellis To Try Again After EMA Rejects Geographic Atrophy Drug

The delayed decision from the CHMP is another rejection for Syfovre but Apellis still hopes the regulator may be convinced in a second review later this year.

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Apellis has received the bad news it has been expecting for some time as the European Medicines Agency’s expert committee has given a thumbs down to its geographic atrophy treatment Syfovre.

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