Bylvay, the first licensed treatment for the rare liver condition PFIC, is cost effective, health technology assessment body NICE now says of the Albireo Pharma drug.

Chaos wrought by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A heavy workload and continuing resource constraints at the European Medicines Agency. Nonetheless, a record number of novel drugs and vaccines were cleared for marketing in the EU last year.

Among other Asia deals, Takeda adds to pair of recent gene therapy tie-ups with a CNS-focused cell therapy partnership with Immusoft; earlier it licensed ex-US rights to JCR’s Hunter syndrome drug.

Health technology assessment body NICE has also issued guidances rejecting three products.