Improvements have been made to the second phase of an EU pilot that allows drug sponsors to obtain simultaneous scientific advice from two member states.

This is an update of recommendations from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on the authorization of new medicines in the EU, and updates on EU marketing authorization changes recommended by the CHMP.

Quviviq is to become the first dual orexin receptor antagonist available on the National Health Service. Just over 20,000 people in England could receive treatment with the drug in its first year, says the health technology assessment institute, NICE.