Transfusion Medicine

New drug applications filed for treatment of blood transfusions iron overload

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 5th, 2005

Novartis has filed regulatory submissions for Exjade (deferasirox), the first and only once-daily oral iron chelator for the treatment of chronic iron overload due to blood transfusions, in the United States and the European Union (EU). Submissions in other countries will follow shortly.

Exjade, also known as investigational agent ICL670, has been granted fast- track status in the U.S. and Switzerland. Priority review has been requested in the U.S. Furthermore, Exjade has received orphan drug status in the U.S., E.U. and Australia.

An easy to administer novel oral iron chelator, Exjade is simply taken once daily, after dispersing tablets in a glass...

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