The French firm gave back the rights to Lumoxiti on the same day the drug got a thumbs up from the CHMP after struggling to market the rare leukemia drug in the US.

Advanced breast cancer treatment Enhertu and non-small cell lung cancer and thyroid cancer therapy Retsevmo are set to win conditional marketing authorizations in the EU shortly. The two drugs are among a number of new products that the European Medicines Agency has just recommended for approval.

ViiV Healthcare’s “last resort” HIV drug, fostemsavir, is one of 16 new medicines that are up for an opinion by the European Medicines Agency on whether they should be authorized for use across the EU.

2019 saw fewer revenue-boosting major acquisitions by top-tier medtechs. Companies that reported after the calendar year-end were the first to see the consequences of the pandemic on their annual figures.