The first Phase III data for Novartis AG's acute myeloid leukemia (AML) therapy midostaurin have hematologists excited as the drug "inches forward" towards a market approval – opening up the door for possible evolution of standard of care for AML patients, which has been sealed shut for the past 30 years.
Novartis reported Phase III midostaurin data from its RATIFY trial in newly diagnosed, FLT3-mutated AML patients under the age of...