European Medicines Agency (EMA) News Channel
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Dengvaxia (dengue tetravalent vaccine (live, attenuated)), for the prevention of dengue caused by dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in people who are between 9 and 45 years old, live in an endemic area and already had a prior dengue virus infection. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched a new version of its corporate website. The website has a number of new features to improve user experience, including: The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Emgality (galcanezumab), a monoclonal antibody for the prevention of migraine. Emgality belongs to a new class of medicines that work by blocking the activity of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a molecule that is involved in migraine attacks. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Commission have published additional information material on biosimilar medicines, as part of their ongoing collaboration to improve understanding of biosimilars across the European Union (EU). A biosimilar is biological medicine that is highly similar in all essential aspects to a 'reference' biological medicine already authorised. A disease is considered rare if fewer than five in 10,000 people have it. Around 30 million people in the European Union (EU) suffer from a debilitating rare disease, which means one in 17 people. Finding effective treatment for these rare diseases is a huge challenge. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the first two marketing authorisations for chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) T-cells medicines in the European Union (EU). Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) and Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) are advanced therapies for blood cancer. They belong to a new generation of personalised cancer immunotherapies that are based on collecting and modifying patients' own immune cells to treat their cancer. The European Commission has launched a call for expressions of interest for civil society representatives to join the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), as well as the Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC). This is an opportunity for civil society representatives to participate in EMA’s activities.