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AstraZeneca shares rise on early U.S. approval for leukaemia drug

Fri, 22nd Nov 2019 15:04

FRANKFURT, Nov 22 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca shares
rose 2.7% on Friday after the British drugmaker won
earlier-than-expected U.S. regulatory approval for a leukaemia
drug, in a challenge to rival AbbVie.

AstraZeneca said late on Thursday that the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) had given its go ahead for the
company's Calquence drug to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia
(CLL), one of the most common types of leukaemia in adults.

The drug was approved under a new speedy review programme in
collaboration with drug watchdogs in Canada and Australia, and
was also approved to treat small lymphocytic lymphoma, a similar
disease.

That will pit the AstraZeneca drug against AbbVie and
Johnson & Johnson's established CLL treatment Imbruvica.

The FDA's green light, which analysts at brokerage Bryan
Garnier said came at record speed, adds momentum to Astra's
growing cancer drug business with brands including Tagrisso and
Imfinzi.

"Physicians are used to Imbruvica and we do not expect a
rapid and massive shift towards Calquence but we do see it
progressively taking market share from the leader," Bryan
Garnier analysts said, adding that FDA tests had showed
Calquence performed well in terms of side effects.

Astra shares were up 2.1% at 1415 GMT, outperforming a 0.7%
gain in the STOXX Europe 600 Health Care index.

Astra shares have risen 28% this year, boosted by revenue
growth from new drugs.

Average analyst forecasts point to 2024 Calquence sales of
almost $1.5 billion, up from a projected $160 million this year,
according to Refinitiv data.

Abbvie and J&J chalked up 2018 Imbruvica revenues of $3.6
billion and $2.6 billion, respectively.

Calquence had previously been approved for the relatively
smaller group of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients that had
received prior therapy.
(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Susan Fenton)

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