Sobi will file for a re-examination of emapalumab in Europe following negative opinion by CHMP
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi™) (STO:SOBI) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human use (CHMP) has adopted a negative opinion recommending a refusal of the marketing authorisation for emapalumab for the treatment of primary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in children under 18 years of age in Europe. Given the significant unmet medical need that emapalumab addresses in patients with primary HLH with no approved treatments in Europe, Sobi will be requesting a re-examination by the CHMP with an expected opinion by end of year 2020. Primary HLH