Triple Combination Therapy First For Asthma Among Eight Wins At EMA

Novartis is among a number of companies that this week moved closer to marketing new products across the EU. D&A Pharma has again failed to convince the European Medicines Agency that its alcohol dependence treatment should be approved.

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Enerzair breezhaler targets asthma with a combination of three active substances • Source: Shutterstock

The European Medicines Agency has recommended marketing authorizations for eight new drugs, including one that is set to become the first EU-approved triple combination therapy for asthma – Novartis’s Enerzair breezhaler ((indacaterol acetate/glycopyrronium bromide/mometasone furoate) (IND/GLY/MF)).

Other products that the EMA this week said should be approved include two orphan drugs – Bristol-Myers Squibb and...

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