Chastened Innate Returns Lumoxiti Rights To AZ

Struggled To Commercialize Hairy Cell Leukemia Drug

The French firm gave back the rights to Lumoxiti on the same day the drug got a thumbs up from the CHMP after struggling to market the rare leukemia drug in the US.

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Innate bids farewell to Lumoxiti • Source: Shutterstock

News that Europe's regulators have recommended approval for Lumoxiti may have elicited a wistful smile from Innate Pharma S.A. given that the French biotech had only just announced it was returning rights to the hairy cell leukemia (HCL) drug to AstraZeneca PLC.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended on 11 December that the orphan drug...

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