December 18, 2014

Tokyo, Japan, December 18, 2014 --- Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co, Ltd. (Tokyo: 4151, President and CEO: Nobuo Hanai, "Kyowa Hakko Kirin") announced that it has received approval for additional indication for chemotherapy-native CCR4-positive adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) of Mogamulizumab (brand name: POTELIGEO® Injection 20 mg) from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ("MHLW").

Mogamulizumab was launched in Japan with the brand name "POTELIGEO® Injection 20 mg" on May 29, 2012 for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory CCR4-positive ATL. On March 17, 2014, Kyowa Hakko Kirin has received approval for additional indication for relapsed or refractory CCR4-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL).
Mogamulizumab was also granted orphan drug designations for the treatment of CCR4-positive ATL in August 2010 and PTCL/CTCL in March 2013 by the MHLW.

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State of Development of Mogamulizumab for Cancer conducted by Kyowa Hakko Kirin
Indication Status Applicable Locations
Relapsed or refractory CCR4-positive ATL, PTCL and CTCL Launched Japan
Chemotherapy-native CCR4-positive ATL Now approved Japan
Relapsed or refractory ATL Phase 2 trial United States, Europe, Others
Relapsed or refractory CTCL Phase 3 trial United States, Europe, Japan
Relapsed or refractory CCR4-positive PTCL Phase 2 trial Europe

About CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4)
CCR4 is one of the chemokine receptors involved in leukocyte migration, selectively expressed in type 2 helper T (Th2) cells and regulatory T (Treg) cells. CCR4 is also shown to be over-expressed in certain hematological malignancies.

About adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL)
ATL is a peripheral T-cell malignancy and the retrovirus HTLV-1 is thought to be involved in its onset. Estimates show that around 1,150 new cases occur every year in Japan. In Japan ATL is generally treated with combination chemotherapy, such as mLSG15, but there are currently no therapeutic methods with the potential of providing a cure for ATL, although researchers are actively looking into other methods than transplantation. For relapsed/refractory cases, various chemotherapy regimens based on malignant lymphoma therapies are currently used, but an effective treatment method has yet to be established.

About peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL)
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas account for the majority of malignant lymphoma cases and can be broadly divided into disease of B-cell origin and disease of T/natural killer (NK)-cell origin. Disease of T/NK-cell origin can be classified according to the main lesion site into nodal, extranodal, cutaneous, and leukemic disease. PTCL is a general term describing nodal and extranodal disease of T/NK-cell origin.

About cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)
CTCL is a rare, low grade type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. CTCL is one of the most common forms of T-cell lymphoma. The two most common types of CTCL are mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS). MF does not look the same in all patients and may present as skin patches, plaques, and tumors. SS in an advanced form of MF and includes the presence of malignant lymphocytes in the blood.

About orphan drug designation
A drug must meet the following three conditions in order to be granted an orphan drug designation in Japan.
1) The number of patients with severe disease who may use the drug is less than 50,000 in Japan.
2) There are high medical needs for the drug (There is no appropriate alternative drug/treatment, or high efficacy or safety is expected compared with existing products).
3) There is high possibility of development (There should be a theoretical rationale for the use of the drug for the target disease, and the development plan should be appropriate). For designated orphan drugs, measures to support the research and development activities are taken (The orphan drug and orphan medical device research and development promotion program by the MHLW).


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