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Posted by BrainDamage on April 28, 2014, at 7:13:53
Following on from ihatedrugs Thread.....
I wonder if anyone had any info about new Psych Drugs nearing approval in the EU?
Given that EU Drug approval is significantly different from the USFor example Agomelatine has been approved in the EU, but not the US, but it frequently works the other way
Further more the EU approval system is much more opaque than the US
So information is harder to come by.....
Posted by burial on April 28, 2014, at 9:14:36
In reply to Drugs in the Pipeline-Europe?, posted by BrainDamage on April 28, 2014, at 7:13:53
yeah it sucks to see so many drugs being researched and to know, that probably it will take a while for them to come to EU
Posted by ed_uk2010 on April 28, 2014, at 13:43:42
In reply to Drugs in the Pipeline-Europe?, posted by BrainDamage on April 28, 2014, at 7:13:53
>Further more the EU approval system is much more opaque than the US
>So information is harder to come by.....If the drug has been approved centrally by the European Medicines agency, the information will be on the EMEA website:
http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/home/Home_Page.jsp&mid=#
Click on New Medicines.
If the drug has been approved in the UK specifically, the information will appear on the MHRA website.
You can see that the EMEA has recently recommended the approval of the antipsychotic lurasidone (Latuda) for the treatment of schizophrenia. Latuda is already approved in the US (for schizophrenia and for depression in bipolar disorder).
Posted by ed_uk2010 on April 28, 2014, at 13:52:20
In reply to Re: Drugs in the Pipeline-Europe?, posted by ed_uk2010 on April 28, 2014, at 13:43:42
Vortioxetine (Brintellix) has already been approved by the EMEA, but it's not yet marketed. I expect it will be available in a few months time.
http://investor.lundbeck.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=816078
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