AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) today announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the conditional marketing authorization of epcoritamab (TEPKINLY), the first and only T-cell engaging bispecific antibody administered subcutaneously (under the skin), as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more prior therapies. The European Commission decision on this indication for epcoritamab is anticipated later this year.

"Patients with follicular lymphoma are likely to face disease recurrence and shorter durability of response...