CTI Bites Off Big Chunk Of Myelofibrosis Market With Vonjo Approval

The accelerated approval for the JAK2/IRAK1 inhibitor, CTI’s first commercial product, carves out an underserved market accounting for about one-third of the US myelofibrosis population.

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CTI won its first FDA approval, with the agency giving its nod to the myelofibrosis drug Vonjo • Source: Shutterstock

CTI BioPharma Corp. will tap a huge percentage of the myelofibrosis market poorly served by existing therapies with the approval of its JAK2/IRAK1 inhibitor, Vonjo (pacritinib), as it prepares to make the drug available in less than two weeks.

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