🔬🩸 Hematology Updates: AML Survival Gains, Donor-Free Stem Cells, Gene Therapy Impact and More
From Europe’s first donor-free stem cell therapy to FDA breakthroughs in ITP, AML, and SCD, this week’s hematology roundup showcases regulatory wins, clinical data, and transformative innovations driving blood disorder care forward.
💡 Key Highlights This Week:
✅ OXC-101 earns EMA Orphan Drug Designation for AML; first-in-class MTH1 inhibitor showing early tumor reduction and survival benefit
✅ Annamycin reports 15-month median OS in AML CR patients; 50% advance to curative bone marrow transplant with no cardiotoxicity
🧠 Sonrotoclax meets ORR endpoint in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma; Phase 3 CELESTIAL-RR trial in progress
🇪🇺 Zemcelpro becomes first donor-free stem cell therapy approved in Europe, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein; addresses unmet transplant needs
💊 Wayrilz approved by FDA for chronic immune thrombocytopenia; first BTK inhibitor for ITP with durable platelet response and QoL gains
🧫 Omidubicel accepted for FDA Priority Review in severe aplastic anemia; PDUFA date set for December 10, 2025
🧬 VGT-1849B receives FDA orphan status for polycythemia vera; OPNA-based JAK2 antisense inhibitor with improved safety potential
🧠 EMA approves iadademstat Phase Ib RESTORE trial in Spain for sickle cell disease; targets fetal hemoglobin via LSD1 inhibition
👁️ ADX-2191 earns EMA orphan designation for rare retinal lymphoma; intravitreal methotrexate trials expected late 2025
🧬 Exa-cel gene therapy improves quality of life in SCD and beta thalassemia; benefits seen as early as 6 months post-infusion; FDA-approved across both in 2023–24
🎯 Whether you’re tracking AML therapies, donor-free transplant options, or gene-editing breakthroughs—this edition brings the critical updates shaping hematology’s future.
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