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CHMP recommends Holocar for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency- Chiesi

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Last updated: 21st Dec 2014
Published: 21st Dec 2014
Source: Pharmawand

The CHMP has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for the orphan medicine Holoclar from Chiesi for the treatment of moderate to severe Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency due to physical or chemical burns to the eyes in adults. Holoclar is the first advanced therapy medicine containing stem cells to be recommended for approval in the European Union.

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