Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency. Approved

Glivec is indicated for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome (bcr-abl) positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) for whom bone marrow transplantation is not considered as the first line of treatment.

This is written in the approval document.

Citation

Novartis Europharm Limited. Glivec (imatinib) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/glivec-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised November 2023. Accessed March 7, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organizations	Biomarkers	Cancer types	Therapies
EMA (1)	BCR::ABL1	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1+	Imatinib
EMA (1)	not BCR::ABL1	Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia	Imatinib