Quizartinib receives Orphan Drug designation for FLT3-mutated AML in Japan
TOKYO and MUNICH and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., September 11, 2018 — The Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted quizartinib (AC220, Daiichi Sankyo), an investigational inhibitor of FLT3, the Orphan Drug designation for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) harbouring FLT3-mutations.