Swift approval for Venclexta in AML indication

22 November 2018

Venclexta (venetoclax) has been approved in the USA in a further form of blood cancer.

Already approved in the USA for certain patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, it has now received accelerated approval for a group of people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

The therapy from AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and Roche (ROG: SIX) has been cleared in combination with a hypomethylating agent, or low-dose cytarabine, for newly-diagnosed AML patients who are age 75 years or older, or for those ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy due to coexisting medical conditions.

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