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Eli Lilly and Company

CHMP positive opinion granted for two cancer indications

Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, July 25th, 2004

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) announced that the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for dual cancer indications for pemetrexed.

The CHMP has recommended to the European Commission that approval be granted for pemetrexed. If approved, this cancer therapy will be marketed throughout the European Union by Lilly under the brand name Alimta (pemetrexed). Marketing authorization by the European Commission is expected later this year.

If approved, pemetrexed, in combination with cisplatin, will be the first approved drug in Europe to help patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma live longer and, as...

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