Why Novartis Rejected Access Consortium In Favor Of Direct UK Radioligand Filing

A direct marketing authorization application to the UK medicines regulator offered a quicker route to approval for Novartis’ prostate cancer treatment Pluvicto than following the international Access Consortium process, because of the novel nature of the therapy, according to the company.

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MHRA is first European regulator to authorize Novartis' prostate cancer radioligand therapy • Source: Shutterstock

Novartis AG decided against using the international Access Consortium work-sharing procedure to obtain a marketing authorization for its radioligand therapy Pluvicto in Great Britain because it felt that a direct application to the UK regulator, the MHRA, would be faster.

The Access Consortium had not yet assessed a radioligand therapy (RLT), which is an emerging treatment approach, so it was...

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