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Acalabrutinib recommended for orphan drug designation in Europe for three indications |
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25 February 2016
AstraZeneca and Acerta Pharma BV, a company in which AstraZeneca has a majority equity investment, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) adopted three positive opinions recommending acalabrutinib (ACP-196) for designation as an orphan medicinal product. The three positive opinions are for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) / small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia, MG). |
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