What year was the pharmaceutical company that markets Mylotarg purchased by Pfizer?
Gemtuzumab ozogamicin Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (marketed by Wyeth as Mylotarg) is a drug-linked monoclonal antibody (an antibody-drug conjugate) that was used to treat acute myeloid leukemia from 2000 to 2010. It was withdrawn from market in June 2010 when a clinical trial showed the drug increased patient death and added no benefit over conventional cancer therapies. It was re-introduced into the US market in 2017.
Telik Telik, Inc. was set up in 1988 and was reverse merged into privately held MabVax in May 2014. The major drug of the company was TELINTRA, an investigational agent that was in development for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and idiopathic chronic neutropenia.