U.S. Expanded Access Protocol for Imetelstat in Lower Risk MDS announced
“We have heard physicians in both academic and community settings express the need for new treatment options for their lower risk MDS patients, and they will now have an option to access imetelstat through the EAP,” said Faye Feller, M.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of Geron. “With positive IMerge Phase 3 results submitted to the FDA, we now plan to be working with clinicians, patients and the MDS patient advocacy community to provide access to imetelstat for eligible patients through our EAP that was accepted by the FDA.”
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