Green light for Sanofi diabetes therapy Suliqua in the EU

18 January 2017

French pharma major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) has received marketing authorization in Europe for its diabetes therapy Suliqua, known as Soliqua (insulin glargine and lixisenatide combination) in the USA.

The decision enables Sanofi to start commercializing the drug in all 28 member states of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The company intends to begin launching in individual countries in the second quarter of 2017.

The product was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in November 2016, and has been available there since the start of this year for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes.

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