LANGHORNE, PA and OXFORD, ENGLAND, Nov. 9 /CNW/ - EUSA Pharma, a transatlantic specialty pharmaceutical company focused on oncology, oncology supportive care and critical care, today announced that it has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ERWINASE(R) (L-asparaginase derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi) for use in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in patients with hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived asparaginase. ERWINASE is currently approved in a number of countries, including Canada, the UK and several European Union member states, and is supplied in the United States under a treatment IND.
