FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
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GlaxoSmithKline plc
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Issued: Friday 26 April 2013, London UK
GSK announces regulatory submission for umeclidinium monotherapy in European Union
GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE:GSK) today announced the submission of a regulatory application in the European Union for the investigational once-daily medicine, umeclidinium bromide (UMEC), for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
UMEC is an investigational bronchodilator molecule (formerly known as GSK573719), a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), administered using the ELLIPTA™ inhaler.
A Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for UMEC monotherapy (55 mcg delivered dose) has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), for a maintenance bronchodilator treatment to relieve symptoms in adult patients with COPD.
Regulatory filings for UMEC monotherapy are imminent in the US and planned in other countries during the course of 2013.
V A Whyte
Company Secretary
26 April 2013
Other Respiratory Development Programmes:
UMEC monotherapy is one of several late-stage assets in the GSK respiratory development portfolio. The development portfolio includes umeclidinium /vilanterol (UMEC/VI, with proposed brand name ANORO™), fluticasone furoate/vilanterol (FF/VI, with proposed brand names RELVAR™ and BREO™), VI monotherapy and MABA (GSK961081), developed in collaboration with Theravance, as well as GSK's investigational medicines FF monotherapy and anti-IL5 MAb (mepolizumab). These investigational medicines are not currently approved anywhere in the world.
ANORO™, RELVAR™, BREO™ and ELLIPTA™ are trademarks of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The use of these brand names is not approved by any regulatory authorities.
GlaxoSmithKline - one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies - is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. For further information please visit www.gsk.com
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Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
GSK cautions investors that any forward-looking statements or projections made by GSK, including those made in this announcement, are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Factors that may affect GSK' s operations are described under Item 3.D 'Risk factors' in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2012.
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Registered Office:
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(Registrant)
Date: April 26, 2013
By: VICTORIA WHYTE
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Victoria Whyte
Authorised Signatory for and on
behalf of GlaxoSmithKline plc