Scottish Medicines Consortium approves Gilead's Zydelig and B-MS/Pfizer's Eliquis

9 March 2015

The Scottish Medicines Consortium has approved Zydelig (idelalisib) from Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) for adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia in combination with rituximab.

The drug has been specified for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia who are unsuitable for chemotherapy and treatment-naive patients with 17p deletion or TP53 mutation unsuitable for chemo-immunotherapy.

The European Commission granted marketing authorization for idelalisib for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and double refractory follicular lymphoma in the European Union in September 2014.

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