23.10.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 288/33


Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2010 — Now Pharm v Commission

(Case T-74/08) (1)

(Medicinal products for human use - Orphan Designation Procedure - Request for designation of the medicinal product ‘Chelidonii radix special liquid extract’ (‘Ukrain’) as an orphan medicinal product - Commission decision refusing designation as an orphan medicinal product)

(2010/C 288/63)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Now Pharm AG (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: initially C. Kaletta and I.-J. Tegebauer and subsequently C. Kaletta, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Schima and M. Šimerdová, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 6132, of 4 December 2007 refusing the designation of the medicinal product ‘Chelidonii radix special liquid extract’ as an orphan medicinal product under Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on orphan medicinal products (OJ 2000 L 18, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the application;

2.

Orders Now Pharm AG to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.