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

Contributions

Date	Contributor	Description
2024-10-20	Van Allen lab	Adding EMA approvals for use to database
2001-11-07	European Medicines Agency	Indication received approval from the European Commission.