AstraZeneca PLC - Cambridge, England-based pharmaceutical firm - Says new tablet formulation of Calquence, whose generic name is acalabrutinib, has been approved in the US for all current indications. These include adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, the most prevalent type of leukaemia in adults, and with blood cancer small lymphocytic lymphoma; and for patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma, an uncommon subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. AstraZeneca says the approval by the US Food & Drug Administration was based on the Elevate-Plus trials, conducted in 116 healthy subjects.
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