Basel, December 8, 2024 – Novartis today announced positive, longer-term results from the pivotal Phase III ASC4FIRST trial with Scemblix® (asciminib) showing superior major molecular response (MMR) rates at week 961. The study compared the MMR rate of Scemblix to investigator-selected standard-of-care (SoC) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) (imatinib, nilotinib, dasatinib and bosutinib) and to imatinib alone in adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (Ph+ CML-CP) at the week 96 evaluation, the study’s key secondary endpoints1. The longer-term results showed an increasing difference in Scemblix MMR rate vs. SoC, vs. imatinib and vs. 2G TKIs (nilotinib, dasatinib and bosutinib)1. Results were presented at the 66th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition (ASH)1.

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Longer-term data for Novartis Scemblix® reinforce superior efficacy with favorable safety and tolerability profile in adults with newly diagnosed CML