FDA Hold On Seattle Genetics' Trials Clouds CD33's Suitability for AML
Executive Summary
FDA has placed clinical holds on several Phase I trials of vadastuximab talirine (SGN-CD33A) in acute myeloid leukemia after four patients died, clouding a field that is still in the shadow of Pfizer's failed Mylotarg.
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