25 February 2022
New medicine for rare type of eye cancer
EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Kimmtrak (tebentafusp) in the European Union (EU), a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with uveal melanoma, a rare type of eye cancer. The most common side effects of the new medicine observed in clinical trials were skin rashes, fever and itching.
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