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ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals to present updated clinical data from its clinical trials with Omapro

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited announced today that updated clinical data from several of its clinical trials with Omapro™ (omacetaxine mepesuccinate) will be presented at the upcoming 51st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1 Dec 2009

EMEA determines MAA for omacetaxine mepesuccinate for treatment of CML patients

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited announced today that the European Medicines Agency ("EMEA") has determined that the Marketing Authorization Application ("MAA") for omacetaxine mepesuccinate for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who have failed treatment with imatinib and who have developed the Bcr-Abl T315I mutation is valid.

28 Nov 2009

FDA accepts ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals' NDA for Omapro

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for Omapro™ (omacetaxine mepesuccinate) for the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who have failed treatment with imatinib and who have developed the Bcr-Abl T315I mutation.

10 Nov 2009

Chemgenex completes NDA submission for its omacetaxine mepesuccinate to the FDA

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:CXS) announced today the completion of its New Drug Application (NDA) submission to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for OMAPRO™ (omacetaxine mepesuccinate). OMAPRO™ is being developed for the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who have failed treatment with imatinib and who have developed the Bcr-Abl T315I mutation.

9 Sep 2009

ChemGenex’s Omacetaxine to be showcased in three oral oresentations at EHA

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited announced today that new data from two clinical studies and one pre-clinical study with omacetaxine will be presented at oral sessions during the forthcoming 14th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) in Berlin, Germany.

21 May 2009

Data suggesting that omacetaxine can eradicate leukemic stem cells may offer a breakthrough for CML

Data showing the ability of omacetaxine to kill leukemic stem cells in mouse models with drug-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) are the subject of an advance online publication in the journal Leukemia, ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:CXS and NASDAQ:CXSP) announced today.

29 Mar 2009