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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Myalepta (metreleptin): inconsistencies in the package leaflet
Active substance: Metreleptin, DHPC type: Quality defect, Last updated: 18/06/2020 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Prevymis (letermovir) concentrate for solution for infusion - Essential to administer through sterile 0.2 micron or 0.22 micron polyethersulfone (PES) in-line filter
Active substance: Letermovir, Last updated: 11/09/2020 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Lojuxta (lomitapide): Reminder to monitor the liver function of patients treated with Lojuxta and to avoid use in pregnancy
Active substance: Lomitapide, DHPC type: Post-authorisation measure, Last updated: 17/02/2021 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Defitelio (defibrotide): Do not use for prophylaxis of veno-occlusive disease (VOD) after post-hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT)
Active substance: defibrotide, DHPC type: Lack of effect, Safety signal, Last updated: 13/06/2022 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Natpar (parathyroid hormone) 100 micrograms/dose powder and solvent for solution for injection: expected shortage from June 30th, 2022
Active substance: parathyroid hormone, DHPC type: Medicine shortage, Last updated: 29/04/2022 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Ocaliva (obeticholic acid): New contraindication for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis or a history of prior hepatic decompensation
Active substance: Obeticholic acid, DHPC type: New contraindication, Last updated: 09/06/2022 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin) 140 mg powder for concentrate for solution for injection: Important information on plastic vial flip-off cap colour
Active substance: polatuzumab vedotin, DHPC type: Quality defect, Last updated: 04/05/2020 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec): risk for thrombotic microangiopathy
Active substance: onasemnogene abeparvovec, DHPC type: Type II variation, Last updated: 18/03/2021 -
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Direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC): Strimvelis® (autologous CD34+ enriched cell fraction that contains CD34+ cells transduced with retroviral vector that encodes for the human adenosine deaminase [ADA] cDNA sequence): first case of lymphoid T cell leukaemia after insertional oncogenesis
Active substance: autologous CD34+ enriched cell fraction that contains CD34+ cells transduced with retroviral vector that encodes for the human adenosine deaminase (ADA) cDNA sequence from human haematopoietic stem/progenitor (CD34+) cells, DHPC type: Adverse event, Last updated: 22/03/2021 -
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Orphan designation: (S)-ethyl 2-amino-3-(4-(2-amino-6((R)-1-(4-chloro-2-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)phenyl)propanoate for: Treatment of carcinoid syndrome (updated)
Date of designation: 30/05/2016, Positive, Last updated: 28/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Recombinant human acid sphingomyelinase (also known as olipudase alfa) for: Treatment of Niemann-Pick disease (updated)
Date of designation: 24/06/2022, Positive, Last updated: 27/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Adeno-associated viral vector serotype 9 containing the human SMN gene (onasemnogene abeparvovec) for: Treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (updated)
Date of designation: 19/06/2015, Positive, Last updated: 25/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: budesonide for: Treatment of primary IgA nephropathy (updated)
Date of designation: 18/11/2016, Positive, Last updated: 18/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Autologous CD34+ cells transfected with lentiviral vector containing the human arylsulfatase A cDNA for: treatment of metachromatic leukodystrophy (updated)
Date of designation: 13/04/2007, Positive, Last updated: 14/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Autologous CD34+ cells transfected with retroviral vector containing adenosine deaminase gene for: Treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) due to adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency (updated)
Date of designation: 26/08/2005, Positive, Last updated: 14/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Autologous T cells transduced with retroviral vector encoding an anti-CD19 CD28/CD3-zeta chimeric antigen receptor (axicabtagene ciloleucel) for: Treatment of follicular lymphoma (updated)
Date of designation: 11/11/2015, Positive, Last updated: 12/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Melphalan flufenamide for: Treatment of plasma cell myeloma
Date of designation: 19/03/2015, Withdrawn, Last updated: 08/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: dry extract from birch bark (DER 5-10 : 1), extraction solvent n-heptane 95% (w/w) (birch bark extract) for: Treatment of epidermolysis bullosa
Date of designation: 23/02/2011, Positive, Last updated: 04/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: (2R,3S)-2-(4-cyclopentylaminophenyl)-1-(2-fluoro-6-methylbenzoyl)piperidine-3-carboxylic acid(4-methyl-3-trifluoromethylphenyl)amNide for: Treatment of microscopic polyangiitis (avacopan)
Date of designation: 19/11/2014, Positive, Last updated: 04/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: (2R,3S)-2-(4-cyclopentylaminophenyl)-1-(2-fluoro-6-methylbenzoyl)piperidine-3-carboxylic acid(4-methyl-3-trifluoromethylphenyl)amide (avacopan) for: Treatment of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Date of designation: 19/11/2014, Positive, Last updated: 04/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Setmelanotide for: Treatment of leptin receptor deficiency
Date of designation: 19/11/2018, Positive, Last updated: 01/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Setmelanotide for: Treatment of pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency
Date of designation: 14/07/2016, Positive, Last updated: 01/07/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Mosunetuzumab for: Treatment of follicular lymphoma
Date of designation: 12/11/2021, Positive, Last updated: 23/06/2022 -
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Orphan designation: Autologous human T cells genetically modified ex-vivo with a lentiviral vector encoding a chimeric antigen receptor for B-cell maturation antigen for: Treatment of multiple myeloma
Date of designation: 28/02/2020, Positive, Last updated: 13/06/2022 -
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Orphan designation: polatuzumab vedotin for: Treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Date of designation: 16/04/2018, Positive, Last updated: 08/06/2022