AstraZeneca’s tablet formulation of Calquence (acalabrutinib) has been approved in the US for all current indications, including adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma and for patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma, which is approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate.
Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center received a $10.8 million grant throughNCI’s Specialized Programs of Research Excellence. Led by principal investigator Daniel C. Link, the five-year grant is a renewal of a previous SPORE grant in leukemia.
