Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada. Approved

Health Canada approved nilotinib for the treatment of of pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with newly diagnosed Ph+ CML-CP.

This is written in the approval document as:

The treatment of chronic phase (CP) and accelerated phase (AP) Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+CML) in adult patients resistant to or intolerant of at least one prior therapy including imatinib.

Citation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. Tasigna (nilotinib) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00076372.PDF. Revised July 2024. Accessed June 2025.

Therapeutic response

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

Organizations	Biomarkers	Cancer types	Therapies

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