Celgene, Agios Ready For Enasidenib Launch After Early Approval

Idhifa is the first treatment for AML patients with IDH2 mutations. The drug will be co-commercialized by Celgene and Agios under their 2010 collaboration and is the latter's first regulatory approval.

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Celgene Corp. and partner Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. are ready to quickly capitalize on FDA approval of Idhifa (enasidenib), which came nearly a month earlier than its Aug. 30 priority review user fee date, for a subset of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia patients, giving Agios its first approved drug and Celgene the initial fruits of a collaboration inked in 2010.

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