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Novartis (NVS) Announces Receipt of Positive EMA CHMP Opinion for Afinitor as Grade 1, 2 NET Treatment
April 29, 2016 8:38 AM EDTNovartis (NYSE: NVS) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion for Afinitor (everolimus) tablets for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic, well-differentiated (Grade 1 or Grade 2) nonfunctional neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of gastrointestinal (GI) or lung origin in adults with progressive disease. If approved by the European Commission (EC), Afinitor would address an unmet need as there are currently few or no treatment options in Europe for patients with these diseases.
"This important milestone reinforces our long-standing commitment to the NET... More
