BeiGene Announces Acceptance of a Supplemental New Drug Application in China for REVLIMID® in Relapsed or Refractory Indolent Lymphoma

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Dec 23, 2019
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BEIJING, China and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKEX: 06160), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative molecularly-targeted and immuno-oncology drugs for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for REVLIMID® (lenalidomide), in combination with rituximab, for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory indolent lymphoma (follicular lymphoma or marginal zone lymphoma). REVLIMID was first approved in China in 2013 for the treatment of multiple myeloma in combination with dexamethasone, in adult patients who have received at least one prior therapy, and the label for the combination was expanded in 2018 to include adult patients with newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who are not eligible for transplant. It is currently marketed in China by BeiGene under an exclusive license from Celgene Logistics Sarl, a Bristol-Myers Squibb company.