EMA/CHMP recommends approval of three new cancer drugs

16 September 2016

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended three cancer medicines for approval at its September meeting. The CHMP opinions will now be sent to the European Commission for the adoption of a decision on a European Union-wide marketing authorization, which is usually issued after around two-three months.

Lilly’s Lartruvo for STS

The CHMP has issued a positive opinion recommending the granting of a conditional marketing authorization for Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) Lartruvo (olaratumab), in combination with doxorubicin, for the treatment of adults in the European Union with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) not amenable to curative treatment with radiotherapy or surgery and who have not been previously treated with doxorubicin.

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