Seattle Genetics Wins 3rd Indication For Adcetris

Shares of Seattle Genetics rose $1.55, or 3.3%, in after-hours trading on Aug. 17 after the firm won a third US indication for its CD30-directed antibody-drug conjugate Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) from an accelerated to a regular approval – classical Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) in patients at high risk of relapse or progression as post-autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) consolidation.

Shares of Seattle Genetics rose $1.55, or 3.3%, in after-hours trading on Aug. 17 after the firm won a third US indication for its CD30-directed antibody-drug conjugate Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) from an accelerated to a regular approval – classical Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) in patients at high risk of relapse or progression as post-autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) consolidation.

The approval was based on data from Seattle Genetics' Phase III AETHERA study.

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