Scottish drugmaker ProStrakan says that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Abstral (formerly branded as Rapinyl), the fast-acting tablet for sub-lingual administration of fentanyl for breakthrough cancer pain. ProStrakan plans to launch the agent in Sweden in the third quarter of the year and across Europe from the end of 2008.
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