Daiichi Sankyo Receives the First Approval for its Blood Cancer Drug Ezharmia
Daiichi Sankyo has received the first global approval for Ezharmia, a first-in-class dual EZH1 and EZH2 inhibitor for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) approved Ezharmia (valemetostat tosylate) based on the findings of an open-label phase II trial that revealed a 48% overall response rate in previously treated ATL patients.
ATL is a rare and highly aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that is generally associated with HTLV-1 retrovirus infection and can manifes...