Takeda Announces China NMPA Approval of LIVTENCITY for the Treatment of CMV
Takeda Pharmaceuticals` Livtencity (maribavir) Approved In Europe
Takeda Pharmaceuticals` Livtencity (Maribavir) Receives Approval in Europe
Takeda’s Phase 3 AURORA Study Provides Evidence of Maribavir’s Clinically Meaningful and Durable Effect in Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients, Despite Missing Primary Endpoint
NICE recommends LIVTENCITY®? (maribavir) for the treatment of adults with post-transplant cytomegalovirus (CMV) refractory (with or without resistance) to prior therapies
Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted Marketing Authorization for LIVTENCITYTM (maribavir) for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and/or disease that are refractory (with or without resistance) to one or more prior therapies, including ganciclovir, valganciclovir, cidofovir or foscarnet, in adult patients who have undergone a haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) or solid organ transplant (SOT).4 LIVTENCITY is the first and only oral treatment that inhibits CMV-specific UL97 protein kinase and its natural substrates.1
EC Approves maribavir for the Treatment of Adults With CMV Infection
Takeda has announced the European Commission’s (EC) authorisation for livtencityTM (maribavir), the first oral UL97 protein kinase inhibitor in adults with post-transplant refractory cytomegalovirus (CMV), who are also resistant to one or more therapies.
OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of maribavir for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and/or disease that are refractory (with or without resistance) to one or more prior therapies, including ganciclovir, valganciclovir, cidofovir or foscarnet in adult patients who have undergone a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) or solid organ transplant (SOT).
OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that it will present four company-sponsored abstracts at the Tandem Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal between April 23 and 26, 2022. The exploratory data presented at both meetings provide an opportunity to share important new analyses of LIVTENCITY™ (maribavir) with the transplant and infectious disease communities. These data announcements follow completion of patient enrollment in Takeda’s AURORA (TAK-620-302) study, focusing on LIVTENCITY for first-line use in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection/disease.