Article: New Gleevec(R) Data: Prolonged Efficacy with Approved 400 mg Daily Dose and Potential for Improved Response at Higher Dose.

-- IRIS 42-month data show remarkable 91% overall survival in patients taking 400 mg recommended daily dose

-- Subset analysis shows 98% progression-free survival in patients achieving major molecular response

-- Second study shows patients on 800 mg daily achieved greater molecular response than patients on currently recommended 400 mg daily dose

-- Patients in both studies were newly diagnosed patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase

New data on Gleevec(R) (imatinib mesylate)* demonstrated that newly diagnosed patients with a certain form of leukemia** receiving 400 mg ...

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