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PharmaMar Seeks EU Fast-Track Status For ‘Practice-Changing’ ES-SCLC Therapy

 

PharmaMar, which wants to use the Jazz Pharmaceuticals-partnered drug, lurbinectedin, in combination with Roche’s Tecentriq for treating extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, is one of two companies that this month sought an accelerated assessment of their planned EU marketing applications.

EU CHMP Opinions And MAA Updates

 

This is an update of recommendations from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on the authorization of new medicines in the EU, and updates on EU marketing authorization changes recommended by the CHMP.

Vertex’s Alyftrek For CF Among Six Orphans On Track For Pan-EU Approval

 

The European Medicines Agency has recommended 16 drugs for EU-wide approval, including Vertex’s cystic fibrosis drug Alyftrek and five other orphans.

Semaglutide For MASH Among Raft Of New EU Filings

 

Novo Nordisk’s application seeking EU marketing approval to use its GLP-1 receptor agonist to treat cirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis is one of 15 new drug filings the European Medicines Agency has started reviewing. Meanwhile, Arrowhead’s filing for its familial chylomicronemia syndrome, plozasiran, is being fast tracked.


SpringWorks To Make Its Case For Nirogacestat At High-Stakes EMA Meeting

 

Nirogacestat was one of four products scheduled for an oral explanation meeting at the European Medicines Agency this week.

EMA To Consider Approvals For Eight Orphans, Including Vertex’s CF Drug Alyftrek

 

The European Medicines Agency is this week expected issue opinions on whether the European Commission should grant EU marketing authorization for 19 new products.

Early Randomization Among Advice On How To Meet Both EMA & HTA Needs

 

Newly published insights from a series of European Medicines Agency workshops can guide drug developers in designing development plans that meet the needs of both regulators and health technology assessment bodies.

Mysimba Passes EU Safety Probe, But Currax Must Explore Long-Term Heart Risks

 

The weight management drug, Mysimba, continues to demonstrate a positive benefit-risk balance but the data available are not sufficient to fully determine the cardiovascular safety beyond 12 months. Meanwhile, Currax this month announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study of Mysimba that followed patients for over 4.7 years and found no evidence of excess cardiovascular risk.


EU CHMP Opinions And MAA Updates

 

This is an update of recommendations from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on the authorization of new medicines in the EU, and updates on EU marketing authorization changes recommended by the CHMP.

EMA Recommends EU Approval For Averoa’s Xoanacyl And Four Other Drugs

 

The European Medicines Agency has recommended five drugs for EU-wide approval , including Averoa’s Xoanacyl for concomitant hyperphosphatemia. Two companies have withdrawn their marketing authorization applications.

European Regulator Deals Blow For Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Drug Kisunla

 

Eli Lilly’ will request a re-examination after the European Medicines Agency declined to recommend its Alzheimer’s disease drug Kisunla for EU approval.

EMA’s Newly Qualified AI Tool To Boost MASH Market Dynamics

 

The European Medicines Agency’s qualification of the AIM-NASH tool is said to signify a major advancement for clinical trials for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. The market size for MASH treatments is expected to grow substantially in the coming years.


EMA Considers Whether Intrathecal Zolgensma Deserves Fast Tracking

 

Novartis is planning to file EU and US marketing applications for an intrathecal formulation of its spinal muscular atrophy gene therapy, Zolgensma, in H1 2025.

Sponsors Of Two Orphans And An Acne Treatment To Defend Marketing Authorization Applications At EMA

 

Sponsors of three drugs that are in the final stages of the EU regulatory review cycle are due to make the case for marketing approval before the European Medicines Agency.

EU Marketing Approval Gap Between Lilly’s Donamemab and Eisai’s Leqembi Could Narrow

 

The European Medicines Agency is this week set to issue an opinion on whether pan-EU marketing should be granted to Lilly’s Alzheimer’s disease drug donanemab.

PharmaMar’s Aplidin Back On EMA’s Agenda After Conflict Of Interest Controversy

 

The European Medicines Agency is re-evaluating the marketing application for Aplidin. The initial application was rejected in 2018, but that rejection was revoked last year following a court case for another company’s drug that clarified impartiality requirements for experts consulted by the EMA.


New EU Filings

 

Levodopa/carbidopa (ND0612), Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma’s investigational drug-device combination therapy for the treatment of motor fluctuations in people with Parkinson’s disease, is among the latest products that have been filed for review by the European Medicines Agency for potential EU marketing approval.

New EU Filings Include First-Of-Its-Kind MS Drug Tolebrutinib & HIV Prophylaxis Lenacapavir

 

Several new drugs that are yet to be approved anywhere in the world are now under review by the European Medicines Agency for potential pan-EU marketing authorization.

EU CHMP Opinions And MAA Updates

 

This is an update of recommendations from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on the authorization of new medicines in the EU, and updates on EU marketing authorization changes recommended by the CHMP.

Topical Gene Therapy Vyjuvek & Cancer Drug Lynozyfic Among Four New Products Set For EU Market

 

The European Medicines Agency has recommended in favor of approving four new products, and has also reaffirmed its positive opinion for the Alzheimer’s disease drug, Leqembi.