Cell Therapeutics Granted Market Access in Italy for PIXUVRI

Cell Therapeutics CTIC today announced that the Company has been granted market access by the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) for the medicinal product PIXUVRI® (pixantrone) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with multiply relapsed or refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (patients with aggressive B-cell NHL who failed 2 or 3 prior lines of therapy). Pixantrone has been classified by AIFA for use in hospitals and additional details on the pricing and reimbursement conditions for PIXUVRI in Italy will be provided coincident with the publication of the "Determina" of AIFA in the Official Gazette, which is expected to take 6 to 8 weeks.