Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration. Approved

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to nilotinib for the treatment of adult patients with chronic phase (CP) and accelerated phase (AP) Ph+ CML resistant to or intolerant to prior therapy that included imatinib.

This is written in the approval document as:

Tasigna is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic phase (CP) and accelerated phase (AP) Ph+ CML resistant to or intolerant to prior therapy that included imatinib.

Citation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Tasigna (nilotinib) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2024/022068s041lbl.pdf. Revised February 2024. Accessed October 30, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Organizations	Biomarkers	Cancer types	Therapies
FDA (2)	BCR::ABL1	Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1+	Nilotinib

Contributions

Date	Contributor	Description
2025-06-26	Van Allen lab	Resolving statements mapped to incorrect propositions
2024-10-30	Van Allen lab	Initial access of FDA approvals
2007-10-29	Food and Drug Administration	Indication received traditional approval.