00:00The study that just came out on New England Journal of Medicine is an important study
00:10because it demonstrates, in a randomized study, with a group of comparison, that the addition
00:16of the monoclonal antibody B-specific, Blinatum, which is a form of immunotherapy, because it
00:23recognizes the leukemic cell but activates the lymphocytes of the patient, is also active
00:28in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, negative Philadelphia of line B, which are
00:35negative even for the minimal disease.
00:37This is a very important point, we have already demonstrated it, hypothesized it, also
00:43the Italian study in Gmema, but this is the first randomized study that demonstrates it
00:48in an unequivocal way, so it is an extremely important step forward for the treatment of
00:53these patients.
00:54First of all, the survival of randomized patients who received the antibody is significantly
01:00extended compared to what is called standard of care in English, the difference in survival
01:06is significantly higher, so it can change the approach, so much so, I add, that the
01:12FDA, the American regulatory body, in June of this year approved the antibody for the
01:20category of patients, I add, we trust that also in Europe the FDA will approve as soon
01:30as possible, to emphasize the importance of the drug for the patients.