Europe – Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 22-25 July 2024

14 new medicines recommended for approval; another 11 medicines recommended for extension of therapeutic indications

EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 14 medicines for approval at its July 2024 meeting.

The CHMP recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Anzupgo (delgocitinib), a medicine intended for the treatment of moderate to severe chronic hand eczema in adults for whom topical corticosteroids are inadequate or inappropriate.

The committee recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Iqirvo* (elafibranor), for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis, a chronic and progressive autoimmune disease that can cause liver damage.

Kayfanda (odevixibat), received a positive opinion under exceptional circumstances for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in patients with Alagille syndrome, a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder with a wide variety of clinical manifestations affecting the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, skin, central nervous system, kidneys, and facial features…