New products from Paion, Arvelle, Incyte and many others have been recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency. Meanwhile, the agency has explained why the EU marketing authorization application for Dexamethasone Taw, for treating COVID-19 patients, was withdrawn.

Companies marketing dexamethasone in Europe have been told they can use a CHMP endorsement to request the addition of COVID-19 to their product license.

The Pink Sheet's list of EU centralized approvals of new active substances has been updated to include five new products, including Lumoxiti, AstraZeneca's drug for hairy cell leukemia. The list, which contains information dating back to January 2018, comprises brand name, generic name, company, therapeutic indication, date of marketing authorization announcement and product type (eg, medicine, vaccine, biologic).