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Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb

The FDA will decide whether or not to approve Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s (BMY) CC-486, an investigational oral hypomethylating agent, on September 3, 2020.

CC-486 is intended for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia, who achieved complete remission (i.e., showing no signs of cancer) after intensive chemotherapy.

In clinical trials, CC-486 demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in overall survival compared with placebo when used as a maintenance therapy in the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

If approved, CC-486 could become a new therapeutic standard for patients with AML in remission, according to Andrew Wei, a hematologist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.

BMY closed Wednesday’s (Aug.26, 2020) trading at $62.28, down 0.69%.