FDA Approves Decitabine + Cedazuridine Oral Combo for Adult MDS

On July 7, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an oral combination of decitabine and cedazuridine (Inqovi, Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) for adult patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) including the following:

• previously treated and untreated, de novo and secondary MDS with the following French-American-British subtypes (refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts, and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia [CMML]) and
• intermediate-1, intermediate-2, and high-risk International Prognostic Scoring System groups.

Read the FDA announcement.

Posted 7/7/2020