Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen
- Procedure started
- Under evaluation
- PRAC recommendation
- CHMP opinion
- European Commission final decision
Table of contents
Overview
CHMP confirms PRAC recommendations on Kogenate Bayer/Helixate NexGen
Benefits continue to outweigh risks in previously untreated patients
On 20 December 2013 the European Medicines Agency's Committee on Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) endorsed previous recommendations which concluded that the benefits of Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen, so-called second generation factor VIII products, continue to outweigh their risks in previously untreated patients with the bleeding disorder haemophilia A, but that the product information for these medicines should be amended. The recommendations, issued by the Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), resulted from a review of the medicines which did not confirm a higher risk of developing a type of antibody (factor VIII inhibitors) against these medicines when compared with other factor VIII products. Factor VIII is lacking in patients with haemophilia A and is given to them to allow their blood to clot normally.
The review by the PRAC was triggered by results from a study (the RODIN/PedNet study1) in previously untreated children with haemophilia A who were given different factor VIII products, as well as preliminary data from the European Haemophilia Safety and Surveillance System (EUHASS). About a third of all the children in the RODIN study developed factor VIII inhibitors against their medicine, which reduces the benefit and makes bleeding more likely. This is a known risk for all factor VIII products but the authors of the study concluded that children given so-called second generation full-length recombinant factor VIII products such as Kogenate Bayer or Helixate NexGen were more likely to develop antibodies than those given a third generation recombinant product. An increase in inhibitor formation was not seen with other recombinant or plasma-derived factor VIII products.
After reviewing current available data on the development of inhibitors in previously untreated patients, the PRAC decided that these data did not support a conclusion that Kogenate Bayer or Helixate NexGen were associated with an increased risk of developing factor VIII inhibitors compared with other products. Although existing measures to minimise all the risks from using the products were considered adequate for both Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen and should be continued, the PRAC recommended that the product information should be updated to reflect results from the RODIN study.
The CHMP considered the PRAC recommendations and agreed by consensus that they should be implemented. The CHMP opinion was then sent to the European Commission, which endorsed it and issued an EU-wide legally binding decision on 20 February 2014.
1Gouw SC, et al; PedNet and RODIN Study Group. Factor VIII products and inhibitor development in severe hemophilia A. N Engl J Med 2013; 368: 231-9.
Key facts
About this medicine
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Approved name |
Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
octocog alfa
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Class |
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About this procedure
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Current status |
European Commission final decision
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Reference number |
EMEA/H/C/275/A20/150, EMEA/H/C/276/A20/143
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Type |
Article 20 procedures
This type of procedure is triggered for medicines that have been authorised via the centralised procedure in case of quality, safety or efficacy issues. |
Decision making model |
PRAC-CHMP-EC
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Authorisation model |
Centrally authorised product(s)
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Key dates and outcomes
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Procedure start date |
07/03/2013
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PRAC recommendation date |
05/12/2013
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CHMP opinion/CMDh position date |
19/12/2013
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EC decision date |
20/02/2014
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Outcome |
Variation
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All documents
Procedure started
Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen Article-20 procedure - Review started (PDF/67.26 KB)
First published: 08/03/2013
Last updated: 08/03/2013
EMA/136663/2013
Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen Article-20 proecdure - Notification (PDF/199.67 KB)
First published: 08/03/2013
Last updated: 08/03/2013
Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen Article-20 procedure - Timetable for the procedure (PDF/69.27 KB)
First published: 08/03/2013
Last updated: 29/10/2013
EMA/PRAC/142799/2013
Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen Article-20 procedure - PRAC list of questions (PDF/62.37 KB)
First published: 08/03/2013
Last updated: 08/03/2013
EMA/PRAC/142800/2013
Recommendation provided by Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee
Opinion provided by Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use
Helixate NexGen Article-20 procedure - Annex III (PDF/621.8 KB)
First published: 20/12/2013
Last updated: 20/12/2013
CHMP confirms PRAC recommendations on Kogenate Bayer/Helixate NexGen (PDF/90.22 KB)
First published: 20/12/2013
Last updated: 09/04/2014
EMA/781158/2013
Kogenate Bayer Article-20 procedure - Annex III (PDF/1.28 MB)
First published: 20/12/2013
Last updated: 20/12/2013
European Commission final decision
Helixate NexGen Article-20 procedure - Product information (PDF/703.36 KB)
First published: 09/04/2014
Last updated: 09/04/2014
Kogenate Bayer Article-20 procedure - Product information (PDF/1.45 MB)
First published: 09/04/2014
Last updated: 09/04/2014
Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen Article-20 procedure - PRAC assessment report (PDF/163.99 KB)
First published: 09/04/2014
Last updated: 09/04/2014
EMA/10430/2014
Kogenate Bayer and Helixate NexGen Article-20 procedure - Annex IV (PDF/39.53 KB)
First published: 09/04/2014
Last updated: 09/04/2014
Document description
- Annex I - List of the medicines affected by the referral
- Annex II - Scientific conclusions of the CHMP or CMDh
- Annex III - Changes to the summary of product characteristics, labelling or package leaflet - available when the CHMP or CMDh recommends changes to the product information. Also includes conditions for lifting of suspensions, if applicable
- Annex IV - Conditions of the marketing authorisation - available when the CHMP or CMDh recommends other measures to be taken for the marketing authorisation such as safety measures or additional studies
- Notification - A letter from a Member State, the European Commission or a marketing-authorisation holder requesting the initiation of a referral procedure
- Rationale for triggering - Background provided by the party triggering the referral explaining the issues leading to the initiation of the procedure
- PRAC list of questions - Questions agreed by the PRAC requesting further information to evaluate the issues identified
- PRAC timetable - Timeframe agreed by the PRAC to receive information, assess the issues and adopt a recommendation
- PRAC / CHMP or CMDh assessment report - The assessment and conclusions of the PRAC and CHMP or CMDh on the issues investigated