Dr Reddy's Labs gets positive EMA Committee opinion for proposed Rituximab biosimilar
Hyderabad: Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., today announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the launch of its proposed biosimilar Rituximab candidate DRL_RI (ITUXREDI) in European markets.
Dr. Reddy’s had previously received the EU GMP certificate for its Rituximab drug substance and drug product manufacturing facility located in Hyderabad, India.
As part of the established approval process, the CHMP positive opinion will now be reviewed by the European Commission (EC), following which a decision will be made on the grant of marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) member countries, and the European Economic Area (EEA) member states of Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.
A Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for submission to the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will be made separately in keeping with the reliance route under the International Recognition Procedure (IRP).
DRL_RI is being developed as a biosimilar of MabThera (Rituximab), a cluster of differentiation 20 (CD20) directed cytolytic antibody.
ITUXREDI / DRL_RI (rituximab) is a proposed biosimilar to reference medicinal product MabThera and the intended indications are the same as those currently approved for MabThera: Non–Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL); Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL); Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA); Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) (Wegener’s Granulomatosis) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA); Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV). EMA reference product, MabThera, is a registered trademark of Roche.
Established in 1984, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Hyderabad, India. The Company offers a portfolio of products and services including APIs, generics, branded generics, biosimilars and OTC. Its major therapeutic areas of focus are gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, diabetology, oncology, pain management and dermatology.
Dr Reddy's Labs major markets include – USA, India, Russia & CIS countries, China, Brazil and Europe.
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