CHMP recommends new use for Pierre Fabre's old beta-blocker
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion on Pierre Fabre's Hemangiol (propranolol) in children with hemangioma, a type of birthmark. The drug is in fact a beta-blocker first developed in the 1960s, but Pierre Fabre's application of it is new, and it is now one of very few drugs approved to treat this condition.