
The EMA officially vacates its London HQ — next stop Amsterdam; CHMP backs approval of 8 drugs
→ The EMA officially said goodbye to its Canary Wharf headquarters in London on Friday, to set up shop in Amsterdam — a decision triggered by Britain’s 2016 decision to leave the EU.
Today we are closing our London offices after almost a quarter of a century. Thank you, London for being such a gracious host! https://t.co/R8LXjfzvp3 pic.twitter.com/8abqMcbROJ
— EU Medicines Agency (@EMA_News) March 1, 2019
→ The EU regulator also issued positive recommendations for a slate of treatments, listed below:
EMA’s human medicines committee recommends 8 #medicines for approval at its February 2019 meeting https://t.co/VCEdeqiAar #CHMP pic.twitter.com/0Z1cCNfkng
— EU Medicines Agency (@EMA_News) March 1, 2019
- Sanofi/Regeneron‘s Dupixent for severe asthma, setting up the expansion of the medicine’s label, which currently covers atopic dermatitis
- Sanofi $SNY had another endorsement, for its diabetes drug sotagliflozin, to be sold under the brand name Zynquista
- BioMarin Pharmaceuticals $BMRN has won backing for pegvaliase, which has been dubbed Palynziq, for phenylketonuria, a rare but potentially serious inherited metabolic disease
- The agency endorsed granting a conditional marketing authorization for Akcea’s volanesorsen — to be sold as Waylivra — as the first medicine to treat familial chylomicronaemia syndrome, a rare genetic disease that thwarts the body from breaking down fats
- Another condition approval was recommended for Portola Pharmaceuticals’ $PTLA andexanet alfa, branded as Ondexxya — an antidote for patients on certain clot-fighters, when the use of the anticoagulants leads to life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding
- AbbVie $ABBV secured recommendation for risankizumab — branded as Skyrizi — for plaque psoriasis
These recommendations followed two others from Thursday:
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