Pfizer pullout

June 22, 2010

PFIZER has voluntarily withdrawn Mylotarg (gemtuzumab ozogamicin) from the US market at the request of the Food and Drug Administration. The medication is used for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and the pullout follows results of a recent clinical trial which raised “new concerns about the product’s safety”. The drug, which was approved in May 2000 under the FDA’s accelerated approval scheme, also failed to demonstrate clinical benefit to patients according to several years of postmarketing experience.

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Pfizer pullout

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