The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) concluded that Alimta’ s benefits are greater than its risks in combination with cisplatin for the treatment of chemotherapy naïve patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma, and in combination with cisplatin for the first line treatment and as monotherapy for the second line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer other than predominantly squamous cell histology.