EMEA lifts restrictions on prescribing Schwarz' Neupro

28 May 2009

The European Medicines Agency has recommended that the supply and treatment restrictions for Neupro (rotigotine transdermal patch), from  German drugmaker Schwarz Pharma, be lifted.

Neupro is currently indicated for the treatment of Parkinson's disease  and restless legs syndrome. It is applied as transdermal patches that  deliver the active substance, rotigotine, across the skin.

At its May 2008 meeting, the Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products  for Human Use (CHMP) recommended immediate changes to the storage  conditions for Neupro following reports of crystallisation of the active  substance in some patches.

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