FDA: Pfizer Voluntarily Withdraws Cancer Treatment Mylotarg from U.S. Market
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:23:00 -0500
Pfizer Inc. today announced the voluntary withdrawal from the U.S. market of the drug Mylotarg (gemtuzumab ozogamicin) for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a bone marrow cancer. The company took the action at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after results from a recent clinical trial raised new concerns about the product’s safety and the drug failed to demonstrate clinical benefit to patients enrolled in trials.
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