EMA OKs First Drug To Prevent RSV Infection In Babies

Takeda Pulls EU Filing For Exkivity To Prevent CHMP Rejection

A new medicine to protect newborns and infants from RSV infection and a new treatment for DLBCL are among a dozen drugs that have been recommended for pan-EU approval.

Toddler boy using nebulizer to cure asthma or pneumonia disease . Sick baby boy rest on patients bed and has inhalation therapy by the mask of inhaler. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
RSV can be serious, especially in infants • Source: Shutterstock

AstraZeneca/Sanofi’s Beyfortus (nirsevimab) is on track to become the first preventative option for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease in newborns and infants following the European Medicines Agency’s recommendation that it be granted EU-wide marketing approval.

If approved, Beyfortus will be the first and only single-dose passive immunization for the broad infant population, including those born...

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