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29/12/2022at 13:18

Danish Medicines Council delays review of Leo Pharma's eczema treatment

Assessment of Leo Pharma’s tralokinumab is still dragging out at the Danish Medicines Council, which for a year has been unable to put together an expert committee due to the council’s impartiality policy. Leo Pharma calls for more transparency regarding the council’s challenges in that regard.
Leo Pharma's Becki Morison urges the Danish Medicines Council to be more transparent about different committee candidates' impartiality issues. | Photo: Leo Pharma/pr
by ulrich quistgaard, translated by kristoffer grønbæk

The unclarified situation regarding Leo Pharma’s launch plans in Denmark for the company’s major growth hope, eczema treatment Adtralza (tralokinumab), continues after the Danish Medicines Council’s assessment on the medical treatment has been delayed.

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