Lilly plans for patients access to Lartruvo after market withdrawal

26 April 2019

US pharma major Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) yesterday announced that the company has been working to facilitate the withdrawal of Lartruvo (olaratumab) from the market for the treatment of advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS).

Lilly's actions to withdraw Lartruvo from the market follow the failure of the ANNOUNCE study in which Lartruvo did not improve survival for patients. Lilly is establishing a program to ensure current patients will have access to Lartruvo with limited interruption after it is withdrawn from the market. The program will be established as allowed by local country regulations.

In January this year, the European Medicines Agency recommended that no new patients should start treatment with Lartruvo.

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