India, June 12 -- Merck Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) issued a positive opinion for NUMELVI (atinvicitinib) Tablets for Dogs.
NUMELVI, a once-daily, first-line treatment, will be the only second-generation Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor indicated for the treatment of pruritus associated with allergic dermatitis including atopic dermatitis and treatment of clinical manifestations of atopic dermatitis in dogs, upon full approval by the European Commission.
Once approved, NUMELVI will be the only JAK inhibitor that can be used in dogs as young as six months of age. With a once-daily treatment regimen, NUMELVI is clinically ...