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Ameluz approved by European Commission for treatment for actinic keratosis
March 11, 2020Research and Development EC, EMA, Europe, Lesions
Biofrontera AG has announced the European Commission has approved the use of their drug Ameluz in combination with photodynamic therapy …
AbbVie granted EU marketing authorisation for new arthritis drug
December 19, 2019Business Services AbbVie, EC, EU, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
AbbVie have announced that the European Commission (EC) have granted marketing authorisation for RINVOQ (upadacitnib). It’s a daily selective reversible …
Roche scores two EU approvals in haemophilia and rare autoimmune disease
March 15, 2019Medical Communications EC, EU, Europe, Roche, haemophilia, rare diseases
The European Commission (EC) has approved Roche’s haemophilia treatment Hemlibra (emicizumab). The approval comes as the EC approved Roche’s MabThera …
Novo’s Ozempic secures European approval in type 2 diabetes
February 12, 2018Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, Europe, Novo Nordisk, diabetes, pharma
Novo Nordisk has revealed that its drug Ozempic (semaglutide) has received approval from the European Commission (EC) as a monotherapy …
Eisai says European Commission backs Halaven to treat of advanced Liposarcoma in Europe
May 5, 2016Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, Eisai, US FDA, oncology, regulation, soft tissue sarcoma
The European Commission has backed marketing for the Japanese drug major Eisai’s (TYO: 4523) Halaven (eribulin) to treat advanced soft …
Eli Lilly gets European marketing authorisation for psoriasis drug
April 26, 2016EC, EU, Eli Lilly, drug trial, psoriasis, regulation
US pharma firm Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY) on Tuesday said the European Commission backed marketing authorisation for its …
Alexion scores double EU approval
September 1, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alexion, EC, European Commission, Kanuma, Strensiq, asfotase alfa, sebelipase alfa, ultra rare disease, ultra-rare disease
Two treatments developed by ultra-rare disease specialists Alexion Pharmaceuticals are now approved for use in Europe. The European Commission approved …
European Imbruvica approval for Janssen
July 20, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing B-cell lymphoma, EC, European Commission, Janssen, Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia, imbruvica, rare cancer
Janssen has received final European sign-off for its oncology treatment Imbruvica (ibrutinib) as a treatment option for adult patients with …
AbbVie hep C drug gets priority review in Japan
April 16, 2015Sales and Marketing AbbVie, EC, EU, Europe, Exviera, FDA, Japan, Viekira Pak, Viekirax, hepatitis C, ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir
AbbVie’s combination hepatitis C treatment looks set to be approved in yet another country after being granted priority review in …
EU widens indications for Pfizer vaccine
March 4, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, Pfizer, pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine, prevenar
Pfizer has gained approval from the European Commission which has signed off on an EMA decision to recommend Prevenar 13 …
Chiesi’s stem cell therapy approved in Europe
February 23, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chiesi, EC, Europe, Holoclar, Holostem Advanced Therapies, LSCD, stem cell
Chiesi’s Holoclar has become the first stem cell therapy to get the green light in Europe, gaining conditional approval from …
GSK buys bacteria vaccine firm
February 11, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, GlycoVaxyn, Novartis, vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline is continuing the significant expansion of its vaccine business with the purchase of Swiss biopharma company GlycoVaxyn. The UK …
GSK Ebola vaccine gets EU support
December 17, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, EU, Ebola, Europe, GSK, Merck, Takeda, Vaccine, WHO, johnson
A newly-formed European consortium is to help advance the development of GlaxoSmithKline’s promising Ebola vaccine. The consortium is backed by …
EMA in turmoil as top job ‘annulled’
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, EU, Europe, Guido Rasi, Rasi, transparency
The future of Guido Rasi, head of Europe’s drugs regulator, is up in the air after a legal ruling which …
AZ oncology drug a ‘Phoenix from the flames’
October 27, 2014Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CHMP, EC, lynparza, olaparib, oncology
As the possibility of a deal with Pfizer fades, AstraZeneca is continuing its argument for independence as a key cancer …
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