HOOFDDORP, Netherlands, Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nordic Pharma announces that on the 24th of January, the European Commission (EC) approved the new indication for Teysuno® (tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil) for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who cannot continue fluoropyrimidine treatment due to specific toxicities: hand-foot syndrome and cardiotoxicity.
HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nordic Pharma has announced that on 16 December 2021, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion Teysuno: Pending EC decision | European Medicines Agency (europa.eu)] recommending the use of Teysuno (tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil) for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who cannot continue fluoropyrimidine treatment due to specific toxicities: hand-foot syndrome and cardiotoxicity.
EMA has recommended that patients should be tested for the lack of the enzyme dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) before starting cancer treatment with fluorouracil given by injection or infusion (drip) or with the related medicines, capecitabine and tegafur.