Article: Millennium & ILEX Partners Receive Complete Response Letter From FDA for CAMPATH -alemtuzumab-; Timeframe Extended for Final Agreement On Labeling and Confirmatory Study.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001

Millennium & ILEX Partners, L.P., a joint venture of Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:MLNM) and ILEX(TM) Oncology Inc. (Nasdaq:ILXO), today announced the receipt of a Class 1 complete response letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The letter concerns the partnership's Biologics License Application (BLA) for the CAMPATH(R)(alemtuzumab) investigational humanized monoclonal antibody. The drug received a recommendation for accelerated approval for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who have been treated with ...

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