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AUGUST 15, 2019

Targeted Agents Make Their Mark in AML

But price tag, toxicity remain ‘a major barrier’

By Chase Doyle

Fort Worth, Texas—Over the past two years, eight novel targeted agents have been added to the treatment arsenal for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), making treatment algorithms a bit more complex than the “7+3” chemotherapy induction regimen that has been around for more than 40 years. At the 2019 annual meeting of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association, Kayleigh R. Marx, PharmD, and Bernard L. Marini, PharmD, shared insights on what clinical pharmacists