10 new medicines recommended for approval
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 10 medicines for approval at its October 2022 meeting.
The CHMP recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine (Live, Attenuated) Takeda for the prevention of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in people from four years of age. Dengue is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus, leading to mild flu-like symptoms in most people. However, a small number of patients develop severe disease, with potentially fatal bleeding and organ damage. The global estimated death rate is 20,000 to 25,000 per year, primarily in children. Dengue tetravalent vaccine prevents fever, severe disease and hospitalisation caused by any of the four serotypes of the dengue virus. This vaccine received an EMA recommendation under the EU Medicines for all (EU-M4All) programme, a mechanism that allows the CHMP to assess medicines that are intended for use in low- and middle-income countries outside of the European Union (EU). Simultaneously, the vaccine has also received a positive opinion for use in the EU, under the trade name Qdenga. See more information in the news announcement in the grid below…
