EMA PRIME Scheme: Two New Entries, 10 Rejections & One Withdrawal

A total of 141 products have made it onto the European Medicines Agency’s PRIME (priority medicines) scheme since 2016 and over 370 applications have been denied entry.

Modern Medical Research Laboratory: Portrait of Female Scientist Working on Computer, Analysing Biochemicals, Talking. Advanced Scientific Lab
The PRIME scheme is designed to help developers of medicines for unmet medical needs (Shutterstock)

NX-5948, Nurix Therapeutics’ treatment for relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and Ga68-PentixaFor, Pentixapharm’s radiodiagnostic for primary aldosteronism, are the latest investigational products to secure a place on PRIME, the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme for drugs addressing unmet medical needs.

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