FDA Approves BeiGene’s Brukinsa for CLL/SLL
BeiGene's Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. CLL is a common type of leukemia, accounting for approximately 25% of all new cases each year. SLL is a much rarer form of cancer than CLL, but the malignant cells are concentrated in the lymph nodes rather than the blood and bone marrow.
In the SEQUOIA trial, 479 patients were randomly assigned to either zanubrutinib until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or bendamustine plus rituximab (BR) for six cycles. An independent review committee (IR...