Novartis has been granted a recommendation from Europe's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for a new label update for the drug Glivec.
The European Medicines Agency committee has given a positive opinion on Novartis' plans to make the treatment available to adult patients with KIT -positive gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) for three years after undergoing surgery.
It follows positive phase III clinical trial data that has shown the treatment's efficacy in improving recurrence-free survival and overall survival rates.
The European Medicines Agency committee has given a positive opinion on Novartis' plans to make the treatment available to adult patients with KIT -positive gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) for three years after undergoing surgery.
It follows positive phase III clinical trial data that has shown the treatment's efficacy in improving recurrence-free survival and overall survival rates.

