Europe approves Pierre Fabre’s Hemangiol

Regulators in Europe have given the green light to Pierre Fabre’s Hemangiol for the treatment of proliferating infantile haemangioma.

The European Commission has granted the French company authorisation to market Hemangiol, an oral solution of the beta-blocker propranolol specially developed for paediatric use. The thumbs-up follows an approval in the USA in March; it will be launched across the Atlantic as Hemangeol next month.

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