CHMP issues positive opinion for intravenous formulation of Merck’s NOXAFIL® (posaconazole)

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of a new, investigational intravenous (IV) formulation of NOXAFIL^® (posaconazole).

The CHMP positive opinion will be reviewed by the European Commission which, should they affirm the CHMP opinion, will grant a centralized marketing authorization with unified labeling that is valid in the 28 countries that are members of the European Union, as well as European Economic Area members, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

The European Commission previously granted centralized marketing authorization for NOXAFIL gastro-resistant tablets and NOXAFIL oral suspension.

NOXAFIL in the U.S.

In the U.S., NOXAFIL is indicated for the prophylaxis of invasive Aspergillus and Candida infections in patients who are at high risk of developing these infections due to being severely immunocompromised, such as hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or those with hematologic malignancies with prolonged neutropenia (low white blood cell counts) from chemotherapy. NOXAFIL injection is indicated in patients 18 years of age and older. NOXAFIL delayed-release