Novartis's Midostaurin To Fill 30 Year Void In AML Treatment
This article was originally published in Scrip
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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