Selected EMA news, February 2026

New medicines recommended for approval 

  • Rezurock (belumosudil) – orphan medicine – conditional approval
    Intended for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (a condition in which donor cells attack the body’s organs) after a stem-cell transplant

New information on approved medicines

  • Iclusig (niraparib / abiraterone acetate) – new indication
    Treatment of leukemia (a type of blood cancer)
  • Opdivo (nivolumab) – new indication
    Treatment of several types of cancer, including classical Hodgkin lymphoma

Supply shortages

  • Fludarabine (fludarabine)
    Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer