Up­dat­ed: Cel­gene, Agios win a land­mark FDA OK for new AML drug Id­hi­fa

Cel­gene and Agios didn’t have to wait un­til the PDU­FA date at the end of Au­gust to get a speedy FDA de­ci­sion on enasi­denib (AG-221), their new ther­a­py for acute myeloid leukemia. The FDA cut to the chase and ap­proved it to­day.

Cel­gene $CELG re­worked its deal with Agios $AGIO last year, but kept its hands on its rights to AG-221 in pa­tients with ad­vanced hema­to­log­ic ma­lig­nan­cies with an IDH2 mu­ta­tion. In turn, Agios stayed ra­zor fo­cused on grab­bing the ear­li­est pos­si­ble ap­proval, hus­tling Phase I/II da­ta straight to reg­u­la­tors for an ac­cel­er­at­ed re­view.

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