Selected EMA news, February 2025

New medicines recommended for approval

  • Dyrupeg (pegfilgrastim) – biosimilar
    Treatment to shorten the duration of neutropenia and help prevent febrile neutropenia after cytotoxic chemotherapy
  • Eltrombopag Accord (eltrombopag) – generic
    Treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopenia associated with chronic hepatitis C

New information on approved medicines

  • Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) – new indication
    Treatment of follicular lymphoma and large B-cell lymphoma (types of blood cancer)

Supply shortages

  • Eldisine (vindesine)
    Treatment of different types of blood cancers, such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia and chemotherapy-refractory lymphoma, as well as certain solid tumors