Eli Lilly’s Verzenio breast cancer drug has been approved in Europe, as the pharma prepares to compete with established rivals from Pfizer and Novartis.
The FDA has approved Eli Lilly’s Emgality (galcanezumab) for migraine prevention in adults, the third in a group of new class of drugs for the condition.
England’s High Court has ruled it is lawful to use Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab) in an unlicensed use in wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) instead of more expensive approved drugs
Spark Therapeutics’ and Novartis Luxturna gene therapy for a rare inherited eye disease has been okayed by European regulators, paving the way for an EU licence in the coming months.
NICE has said Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah cannot be funded by the NHS in adults with an aggressive form of lymphoma, calling for further discussions to get the drug on to the market.