Sunday, August 2, 2009

Merck KGaA Has Requested Re-examination of the CHMP Opinion for Erbitux in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Merck KGaA announced today that it has requested re-examination of the negative opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), for the use of Erbitux® (cetuximab) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The details can be read here.

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