“Patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive acute myeloid leukemia now will have the opportunity to receive targeted therapy with VANFLYTA,” said Wataru Takasaki, PhD, Executive Officer, Head of R&D Division in Japan, Daiichi Sankyo. “VANFLYTA is the only medicine developed and approved specifically for treatment of newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive AML in Japan and has demonstrated improved overall survival for this patient population.”