Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized nilotinib for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in the chronic phase.

This is written in the approval document as:

Tasigna is indicated for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) in the chronic phase.

Citation

Novartis Europharm Limited. Tasigna (nilotinib) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/tasigna-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised November 2023. Accessed March 23, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) BCR::ABL1 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Nilotinib