Novartis today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted and granted Priority Review to the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for asciminib (ABL001) in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), following its submission under the FDA’s Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) program. Priority Review is granted to therapies that have the potential to provide significant improvements in the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of serious conditions, as determined by the FDA¹. This designation could shorten the FDA review period to eight months compared to the 12 months …