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NerPharMa To Manufacture Cell Therapeutics’ Drug Pixantrone

NerPharMa manufactures CTI’s drug pixantrone and has found the site in compliance and acceptable for continued manufacturing of the drug product.

CTI has a New Drug Application (NDA) under review at the FDA for Pixantrone to treat relapsed/refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) is expected to review the NDA for Pixantrone on March 22, 2010 and the FDA is expected to make a final decision on approval by April 23, 2010.

Craig Philips, president of CTI, said: “FDA approval of the NerPharMa facility to manufacture our drug product is a major milestone in the drug approval process and we are pleased that our manufacturing partner is prepared to provide commercial supplies when Pixantrone is approved.”