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European regulators offer positive opinion on Janssen’s schizophrenia treatment

By Sean Whooley | September 17, 2021

JanssenJohnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies today announced a positive CHMP opinion on its Byannli schizophrenia treatment.

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued the positive opinion. The committee recommended using long-acting atypical antipsychotic Byannli (6-monthly paliperidone palmitate; PP6M) therapy for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia. The recommendation covers clinically stable adults on 1-month paliperidone palmitate (PP1M) or 3-monthly paliperidone palmitate.

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Filed Under: clinical trials, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Drug Discovery and Development, Neurological Disease
Tagged With: Janssen, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson
 

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Sean Whooley

Sean Whooley is an associate editor who mainly produces work for MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and Drug Delivery Business News. He received a bachelor's degree in multiplatform journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. You can connect with him on LinkedIn or email him at swhooley@wtwhmedia.com.

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