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EAST HANOVER, N.J., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis announced today 18-month results (median follow-up) showing that Tasigna® (nilotinib) capsules significantly surpass the efficacy of Gleevec® (imatinib mesylate) tablets* in adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase(1). To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/novartis/44499/ This...

EAST HANOVER, N.J., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis announced today that Tasigna® (nilotinib) 200 mg capsules has been granted priority review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase. FDA priority review status is granted to therapies that offer major advances in treatment or provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists. This status...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sermo (http://www.sermo.com), the world's largest online community for physicians, today announced a Sermo Event(TM) Report titled "Evolving Trends in CML." The new report measures the impact of ENESTnd trial data on Oncologists' use of Tasigna (Novartis), Sprycel (Bristol Myers-Squibb) and Gleevec (Novartis) in newly diagnosed CML patients and assesses overall trends in CML monitoring and management. While Gleevec will likely remain the #1...

Team cautions that results are very preliminary and they cannot yet rule out other reasons for successJohns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers say preliminary studies show that a vaccine made with leukemia cells may be able to reduce or eliminate the last remaining cancer cells in some chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients taking the drug Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec).Gleevec, one of the first targeted cancer therapies with wide success in CML patients, destroys most leukemic cells in...

FRIMLEY, England, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- - Nilotinib Surpassed imatinib in Key Measures of Treatment Effectiveness in the Trial, in Patients With Newly-Diagnosed Disease(1) - At 12-Months, Significantly Fewer Patients Progressed to Later Stages of the Disease on nilotinib (300mg Twice-Daily and 400mg Twice-Daily) Than on imatinib 400mg Once-Daily(1) - Nilotinib was Generally Well Tolerated; Only a Small Number of Patients Discontinued Due to Adverse Events(1) -...

EAST HANOVER, N.J., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In a large Phase III clinical trial, Tasigna® (nilotinib) 200 mg capsules demonstrated greater efficacy over Gleevec® (imatinib mesylate) tablets* in the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase(1). To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/novartis/41444/ In the first head-to-head...

Two medications approved as treatment for drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia continue to provide patients with quicker, better responses as a first treatment than the existing front-line drug, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology.Initial therapy for CML remains imatinib, a Novartis drug known as Gleevec®, which has increased the five-year survival rate for the disease from 50...

Omacetaxine launches different attack on CML that is impervious to other therapiesNEW ORLEANS "• Results from a phase II clinical trial indicate a novel drug may provide a treatment option for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who do not respond to current therapies, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology.The injectable drug omacetaxine achieved durable responses in some CML...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) today announced that eleven presentations on preclinical studies of the company's product candidates will be given at the upcoming American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana from December 5-8, 2009. Rigel's R788, an oral Syk kinase inhibitor, will be discussed in two oral presentations by collaborators about its activity in distinct B-cell...

EAST HANOVER, N.J., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis announced today that Tasigna® (nilotinib) 200 mg capsules met its primary endpoint in the first head-to-head comparison with the company's groundbreaking drug Gleevec® (imatinib mesylate) tablets*. Tasigna produced faster and deeper responses than Gleevec when given as first-line therapy for adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase. Tasigna was well...