Kite, a Gilead Company announced that the company’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for KTE-X19, an investigational chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), has been fully validated and is now under evaluation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Novartis has secured approval for Mayzent (siponimod) in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) in adults.
Merck, known as MSD outside the US and Canada, announced that the European Commission has approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy or in combination with platinum and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) whose tumors express PD-L1 (combined positive score [CPS] ≥1).
Astellas Pharma’s Xospata (gilteritinib) has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) as a monotherapy for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
Roche’s Tecentriq (atezolizumab) and chemotherapy combination has received positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for the treatment of two types of lung cancer.
ViiV Healthcare has secured marketing authorisation from the European Commission (EC) for its Dovato (dolutegravir/lamivudine) to treat HIV-1 infection.
Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals have been given conditional approval by the European Commission (EC) for their fully-human monoclonal antibody Libtayo (cemiplimab) for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) in adults.
bluebird bio has secured conditional marketing authorisation from the European Commission (EC) for its one-time gene therapy ZYNTEGLO (autologous CD34+ cells encoding βA-T87Q-globin gene) for the treatment of transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT).
Santhera Pharmaceuticals has filed a marketing authorization application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the approval of Puldysa (idebenone) for the treatment of respiratory dysfunction in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Pfizer announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion recommending TALZENNA (talazoparib), an oral poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, be granted marketing authorization in the European Union (EU).
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