Takeda’s Livtencity (maribavir) Receives the US FDA’s Approval for the Treatment of Post-Transplant Patients with Cytomegalovirus Infection
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- The approval is based on the P-III TAK-620-303 (SOLSTICE) trial evaluates the efficacy & safety of Maribavir (400mg, qd) vs IAT in a ratio (2:1) in 352 HCT and SOT recipients aged 12yrs. with CMV infection refractory with/out resistance- to one or a combination of the conventional antiviral therapies. The therapy will be available shortly
- The study showed that the proportion of patients achieved confirmed CMV DNA level
- Livtencity is an orally bioavailable anti-CMV compound & is the 1st antiviral agent that targets and inhibits the pUL97 protein kinase and its natural substrates
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