All Systems Go as Roche MS Drug Ocrevus Secures EU Okay At Last

Now that the European Commission has finally given the go-ahead to Ocrevus, regarded by multiple sclerosis specialists as a game changer especially for the primary progressive form of the disease, observers will be watching to see what pricing strategy Roche adopts.

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Ready for launch: Ocrevus is now available in Europe • Source: Shutterstock

Some 19 months after being validated for review, Roche's multiple sclerosis Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), already nearing blockbuster status in the US, has finally been given the green light in Europe.

Following a positive opinion in November 2017 from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP),...

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