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BMS Broadens Market, De-Risks Long-Term Revenue Potential For Reblozyl

FDA Approves Drug’s Third US Indication And Its Biggest Yet

 
• By Mandy Jackson

As a first-line treatment for anemia in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, Reblozyl is approved for indications that will account for 75%-80% of the $4bn-plus in sales Bristol has forecast by 2029.

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Reblozyl is approved in the first line for transfusion-dependent anemia in MDS • Source: Shutterstock

With US Food and Drug Administration approval for Bristol Myers Squibb Company’s Reblozyl (luspatercept) as a first-line treatment for anemia in patients with very low- to intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), EVP and chief commercialization officer Adam Lenkowsky noted in an interview with Scrip, the company’s forecast of $4bn-plus in non-risk-adjusted sales for the erythroid maturation agent by 2029 is largely de-risked, now that the product is cleared in its biggest market to date.

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