Takeda Test Drives EMA’s Parallel Review Route For EU And Non-EU Markets

Company Submits Two Sets Of Applications For Evaluation Of Its Dengue Vaccine To CHMP

A new evaluation route that the European Medicines Agency launched last year came at the right time for Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate. 

Dengue - Phrase in History of the Present Illness
Dengue is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease • Source: Alamy

A dengue vaccine that has been in the making for 15 years will become the first ever product to undergo the European Medicines Agency’s new mechanism that allows for the parallel review of products for use in the EU and non-EU markets.

The product is TAK-003, Takeda’s tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate for the prevention of the mosquito-borne disease in individuals aged 4-60 years

Dramatic Rise Of Dengue

Dengue is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease globally, with over 50 million cases occurring every year. Before 1970, only nine countries had experienced severe dengue epidemics, but the disease is now endemic in more than 100 countries, according to the World Health Organization.

The dengue-causing virus DENV has four serotypes, which means its possible to get infected four times

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