Sunday, June 28, 2009

Simponi (golimumab) Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP for Once-Monthly Subcutaneous Treatment

Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) as a once-monthly, subcutaneous therapy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe, active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), active and progressive psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and severe, active ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

The details can be read here.

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