The EMA has recommended Sanofi’s anti-CD38 antibody Sarclisa as a combination-based third-line treatment for multiple myeloma, after US approval earlier in March.

Recommending new medicines for approval and allowing sponsors of others extra time to answer outstanding questions are among the many tasks on the agenda of the March meeting of European Medicines Agency's key scientific committee, the CHMP. The meeting has been taking place, remotely, this week.

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