Novartis's Midostaurin To Fill 30 Year Void In AML Treatment
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Executive Summary
First Phase III data for Novartis AG's acute myeloid leukemia (AML) therapy midostaurin has hematologists excited as the drug "inches forward" towards a market approval – opening up the door for possible evolution of standard of care for AML patients, which has been sealed shut for the past 30 years.
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