EMA Says Yes To Eight New Medicines, Holds Fire On Others

The European Medicines Agency today announced the new medicines it believes should be approved for use across the EU.

New drugs could soon become available in the EU • Source: Alamy

The European Medicines Agency has recommended pan-EU marketing approval for eight new medicines including Evkeeza (evinacumab), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), a genetic condition that causes severely high cholesterol levels.

Evkeeza was approved in the US in February, becoming the first Food and Drug Administration-approved inhibitor of angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3),...

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