Europe – EMA recommends non-renewal of authorisation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy medicine Translarna
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended not renewing the marketing authorisation for Translarna (ataluren), a medicine for treating patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy whose disease...
Europe – Spikevax: EMA recommends approval of adapted COVID-19 vaccine targeting Omicron XBB.1.5
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended authorising an adapted Spikevax vaccine targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant.
The vaccine — known as Spikevax XBB.1.5 — is...
UK – Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro receives NICE recommendation to treat type 2 diabetes
According to NICE’s draft guidance, around 180,000 people living with difficult-to-manage type 2 diabetes could benefit from the new treatment option.
The recommendation follows additional...
UK – NICE issues two recommendations for UCB’s inflammatory disease drug
Bimzelx, which is already authorised in the UK to treat certain patients with plaque psoriasis, is now the first treatment available for PsA and...
UK – MHRA approves Pfizer/BioNTech’s adapted COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) that targets Omicron XBB.1.5
Approval has today been granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for an adapted Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that targets the Omicron...
UK – Guidance published on the new international regulatory recognition routes for medicines approvals
Following announcement in May of the new scheme to replace the current EC Decision Reliance Procedure (ECDRP) on 1 January 2024, this guidance informs the sector on how...
UK – NICE recommends Chiesi’s Elfabrio for adults with Fabry disease
The NICE committee concluded that the treatment would be an additional ERT for patients with and without an amenable mutation and was a relevant...
USA – FDA publishes additional guidances on delay of enforcing DSCSA electronic tracking requirements
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published two additional guidances with immediate effect that provide more details for trading partners on the one-year...
Europe – PRAC recommends new measures to avoid topiramate exposure in pregnancy
Further restrictions on use; pregnancy prevention programme to be put in place
EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) recommends new measures to avoid exposure of children to...
Europe – COVID-19: Commission authorises adapted COVID-19 vaccine for Member States’ autumn vaccination campaigns
The Commission has authorised the Comirnaty XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine, developed by BioNTech-Pfizer. This vaccine marks another important milestone in the fight against the disease....
