European Commission Expands Approval of Bristol Myers Squibb’s Reblozyl® (luspatercept) to Include First-Line Treatment of Transfusion-Dependent Anemia in Adults with Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS)
Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has expanded approval of Reblozyl® (luspatercept) to include the first-line treatment of adult patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to very low, low and intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
- Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has expanded approval of Reblozyl® (luspatercept) to include the first-line treatment of adult patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to very low, low and intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
- This approval of Reblozyl covers all EU member states.
- Safety results were consistent with previous MDS studies and were in line with expected symptoms in this patient population.
- Reblozyl is also approved in the United States and Japan for the first-line treatment of anemia associated with lower-risk MDS.