AbbVie Receives USFDA Approval for Imbruvica Plus Rituximab as First Chemotherapy-Free Combination Treatment for Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia Adults
AbbVie announced that the USFDA approved Imbruvica (ibrutinib) plus rituximab (Rituxan) for the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare and incurable type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). With this approval, the Imbruvica prescribing information now includes combination use with rituximab, representing the first and only chemotherapy-free combination treatment specifically indicated for the disease. Imbruvica was first approved as a single agent therapy for WM in January 2015. Imb...
