Pharma: Clinic Roundup

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., of New York, reported six-year follow-up results from a Phase III trial of Sprycel (dasatinib) in Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia adult patients resistant or intolerant to Glivec (imatinib, Novartis AG), demonstrating a progression-free survival rate of 49.3 percent and an overall survival rate of 71 percent for patients receiving dasatinib, with 6 percent of patients progressing to accelerated or blast phase of the study at six years of follow-up.