EU Review Gets Under Way For Lumasiran And Lonafarnib

Alnylam And Eiger Will Have Their Products Fast-Tracked

The European Medicines Agency produces a monthly list of the marketing authorizations that are under review at the agency. The latest list contains just two new entries.

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Investigational new drugs are making their way through the EU review process • Source: Shutterstock

There are just two additions to the latest list of products under review at the European Medicines Agency – lumasiran, the RNAi therapeutic Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is developing for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), and Eiger BioPharmaceuticals’ lonafarnib, a potential new treatment for progeria and progeroid laminopathies.

Both products have orphan status and are being reviewed under the EMA’s accelerated assessment mechanism.

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