(NYSE: BMY) for its Onureg leukemia drug.
Onureg was given the green light for, in the company’s words “the continued treatment of adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who achieved first complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete blood count recovery following intensive induction chemotherapy and who are not able to complete intensive curative therapy.” The medication is administered orally, once per day.
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AML is an aggressive blood and bone marrow cancer in which the body produces abnormal myeloblasts, platelets, or red blood cells. Myeloblasts are a form of white blood cell. According to Bristol Myers Squibb, AML is one of the most common types of acute leukemias in adults.
“This milestone is representative of our commitment to helping patients with hard-to-treat cancers live longer, and the approval of Onureg as an oral therapy option for patients is more relevant now than ever as the world continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic,” the company quoted its CEO Giovanni Caforio as saying.
Onureg had a long development path. It is the product of more than 10 years of research, and it underwent a total of 13 pre-clinical and clinical trials.
In May, Bristol Myers Squibb filed a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Union’s European Medicines Agency for the same indication. It is currently under review.
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