On May 15, AbbVie Inc. and Genentech Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved venetoclax (Venclexta) in combination with obinutuzumab (Gazyva) for previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). The FDA had previously granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to this chemotherapy-free combination.
Read the Genentech press release.
Posted 5/15/2019
