Imbruvica Leads Sea Change In CLL Landscape
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Johnson & Johnson/AbbVie Inc. 's Imbruvica (ibrutinib) has rapidly established itself as standard of care in relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and will increasingly move into the first-line setting following its recent approval by the FDA for that use in patients with CLL, analysts say.
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