Scemblix now OK’d in Canada for treating newly diagnosed CML
More people in Canada with the rare blood cancer Ph+ CML — fully, Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia — in the…
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Aucatzyl approved in Europe for relapsed/refractory B-ALL
The European Commission has approved Autolus Therapeutics’ cell therapy Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel) as a treatment for B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), an aggressive…
AML treatment ICT01 granted FDA’s orphan drug status
ICT01, an immune-modulating therapy being developed by Imcheck Therapeutics for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), has been granted orphan drug status by the U.S. Food…
Oral Inqovi, venetoclax for acute myeloid leukemia to be reviewed
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to review an application for oral Inqovi (decitabine and cedazuridine) in combination with oral venetoclax for…
SENTI-202 granted FDA orphan drug designation for blood cancers
Senti Biosciences‘ experimental cell therapy SENTI-202 has been granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a potential therapy…
Revuforj gets FDA priority review for AML with NPM1 mutations
U.S. regulators have granted priority review to Syndax’s application to extend the approval of Revuforj (revumenib) to treat relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML)…
FDA approves Brukinsa tablet for CLL, certain B-cell lymphomas
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a tablet formulation of Beone Medicines’ Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) — previously marketed by the developer in…
Ziftomenib leads to complete remission in 23% of AML patients
Nearly 1 in 4 people with NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) achieved complete remission after treatment with ziftomenib in a Phase 2 clinical trial. Dubbed…
Mitochondria-targeting treatments for AML focus of research grant
A team led by a Rice University researcher received a grant to investigate treatments targeting mitochondria for acute amyloid leukemia (AML), a type of…
First patient dosed in Phase 1 trial testing AML T-cell treatment
The first participant in a U.S. Phase 1 clinical trial testing T-cell therapy candidate CER-1236 — Cero Therapeutics’ treatment for people with acute myeloid…
