AstraZeneca has announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated two marketing authorisation applications (MAAs) for AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s datopotamab deruxtecan (dato-dxd) in the treatment of two cancers.

Novo Nordisk has announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorisation for Awiqli (once-daily basal insulin icodec) for the treatment of diabetes in adult patients.

Pfizer has announced that the EC has granted marketing authorisation for Velsipity (etrasimod) in the EU.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorisation to Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel), a crispr/cas9 gene-edited therapy.

GSK has announced that the CHMP of the EMA has given a positive recommendation to the company’s momelotinib for patients with myelofibrosis.

Daiichi Sankyo has announced that Vanflyta (quizartinib) has been approved in the EU for combination use with standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction and standard cytarabine consolidation chemotherapy for adult patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia that is flt3-itd positive.

Roche has announced that the EC has approved the extension of Evrysdi’s marketing authorisation in the EU to include infants under two months with a clinical diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

GSK has announced that ViiV healthcare has received a positive opinion from the EMA's CHMP, recommending marketing authorisation for cabotegravir long-acting (LA) injectable and tablets for HIV prevention.

The European Parliament has shared its recommendations for a ‘coordinated EU response to health threats posed by antimicrobial resistance,’ according to its press release.

The European Commission (EC) has again delayed the release of its new proposal for changes to Europe’s pharma legislation. The decision was previously expected on 29 March 2023, but has been announced to be “slightly later”.

Pharma giant AstraZeneca has been given a recommendation by the EU's Committee for Medicinal Products (CHMP) for marketing authorisation for ultomiris (ravulizumab), a treatment for adult patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMSOD) who are anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody positive (ab+).

AbbVie has announced that it has received positive feedback from the EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommending the approval of upadacitinib (rinvoq) for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe crohn’s disease who have had an inadequate response, lost response or were intolerant to conventional therapies or biologic agents.