ZEVALIN Plus High Dose Chemotherapy Highly Effective in Aggressive Lymphoma

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SPPI), today announced results of a randomized study comparing ZEVALIN (ibritumomab tiuxetan) injection for intravenous use plus high-dose BEAM chemotherapy vs. BEAM chemotherapy alone, published online by the journal “CANCER”, the Journal of the American Cancer Society. The paper, entitled “A Randomized Study Comparing Yttrium-90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan and High-Dose BEAM Chemotherapy Versus BEAM Alone as the Conditioning Regimen Before Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Aggressive Lymphoma,”presented results from a study conducted by six centers in Israel, andwas authored by Avichai Shimoni, MD, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.

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