LEXINGTON, Mass., June 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/

Commercial-stage cancer biotech company, Partner Therapeutics, Inc. (PTx), announced the recent FDA approval of Leukine for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients acutely exposed to myelosuppressive doses of radiation (Hematopoietic Syndrome of Acute Radiation Syndrome, or H-ARS). Leukine is the first drug for H-ARS to demonstrate an improvement in survival when initiated 48 hours after radiation exposure.

Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) (sometimes known as radiation toxicity or radiation sickness) is an acute illness caused by ...