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Novartis’s Rydapt gets EU approval for AML and SM indications

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The European Commission approved Rydapt (midostaurin) for use in combination with standard daunorubicin and cytarabine induction and high-dose cytarabine consolidation chemotherapy, and for patients in complete response followed by Rydapt single agent maintenance therapy, for adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia who are FLT3 mutation-positive.

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