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Novartis Builds On Its Legacy With Scemblix Approval For CML

 
• By Jessica Merrill

US FDA approval means a new commercial opportunity in CML, where despite the success of older medicines, patients still fail on therapy.

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Novartis is building on its legacy in CML with a new drug • Source: Alamy

Novartis AG is leveraging its heritage in chronic myeloid leukemia as it launches Scemblix (asciminib), a new option for patients who have failed on or developed resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), including its own standard of care therapy Gleevec (imatinib), now available generically, and follow-on Tasigna (nilotinib).

The US Food and Drug Administration approved Scemblix on 29 October for two CML indications. The first is an accelerated...

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