Description
What Tasigna is?
Tasigna is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of chronic phase and accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in adult patients resistant to or intolerant to prior therapy that included imatinib.
What Nilotinib is?
Nilotinib, sold under the brand name Tasigna, is a medication used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) which has the Philadelphia chromosome. It may be used both in initial cases of chronic phase CML as well as in accelerated and chronic phase CML that has not responded to imatinib. Nilotinib was approved for medical use in the United States in 2007. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.
