Celgene, Acceleron Announce New Results from Study with Luspatercept in Myelodysplastic Syndromes Presented at #ASH2015

Celgene Corporation CELG and Acceleron Pharma Inc. XLRN today announced preliminary results from an ongoing long-term Phase 2 extension study in patients with lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) at the 57th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. Results highlighted in an oral presentation showed that patients with lower risk MDS treated with luspatercept in the long-term extension study achieved and maintained increased hemoglobin levels and transfusion independence. Celgene and Acceleron are jointly developing luspatercept. "These results for longer-term luspatercept treatment in lower risk MDS patients are very exciting," said Aristoteles Giagounidis, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Department of Oncology, Haematology, and Palliative Care at See full press release