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Kymriah is approved in Japan to treatrelapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma

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Published: 31st Aug 2022

Novartis Pharma announced that its CAR-T cell therapy Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) has obtained an additional indication of relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma in Japan

The approval is based on data from a global pivotal PII study, ELARA, which investigated the product in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy. In the trial, 94 patients were evaluable for efficacy, with 69% of them achieving complete responses to meet the primary endpoint of the study.

Condition: Follicular Lymphoma
Type: drug
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