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CHMP recommends against UCB fibromyalgia drug

UCB has received negative opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) regarding Xyrem (sodium oxybate) as a treatment for fibromyalgia syndrome in adults.

Xyrem is an oral solution that contains the active substance sodium oxybate (500mg/ml). Xyrem is indicated for the treatment of narcolepsy with cataplexy in adults.

UCB said that Xyrem is marketed as a treatment for excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy (the sudden loss of muscle tone) in adult patients with narcolepsy by Jazz Pharmaceuticals in US.