Certican® successfully completes European Mutual Recognition Procedure
Certican first in its class to receive indication for heart as well as kidney transplant recipients
Basel, December 3, 2003 - Novartis announced today that it has successfully completed the European Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP) in 15 countries for Certican® (everolimus) for the prevention of rejection episodes following heart or kidney transplantation. Certican will be indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients at low to moderate immunological risk receiving an allogeneic renal or cardiac transplant. Certican should be used in combination with ciclosporin for microemulsion and corticosteroids. All countries involved in the MRP are expected to issue a marketing authorization in the coming months. Certican, a novel proliferation signal inhibitor, is the first drug in its class to receive the indication for heart as well as kidney transplant patients.
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